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Comments: (Pterocarpus santalinus) red sandalwood tree at Indira Gandhi Zoo Park in Visakhapatnam

 

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Comments: Santalum Album

 

Almug tree (or Algum); traditionally thought to denominate Red Sandalwood and/or White Sandalwood, but a few claim it is Juniper. Pterocarpus santalinus Santalum album Juniperus excelsa. אלמגים’almuggîm - Strongs: H484, אלגּוּמּים’algûmmı̂ym - Strongs: H418.

From Easton: Almug, (1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 10:12) = algum (2 Chronicles 2:8; 2 Chronicles 9:10, 2 Chronicles 9:11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural _almuggim_ (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be used in the building of the temple, and for other purposes. Some suppose it to have been the white sandal-wood of India, the Santalum album of botanists, a native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coasts. It is a fragrant wood, and is used in China for incense in idol-worship. Others, with some probability, think that it was the Indian red sandal-wood, the pterocarpus santalinus, a heavy, fine-grained wood, the Sanscrit name of which is valguka. It is found on the Coromandel coast and in Ceylon.

Verses:

  • 1 Kings 10:11
  • 1 Kings 10:12
  • 2 Chronicles 2:8
  • 2 Chronicles 9:10
  • 2 Chronicles 9:11
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​a/almug.html. 2024.
 
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