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Strong's #1314 - בֶּשֶׂם
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1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume
2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour
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2024) mxb (בסמ BSM) AC: ? CO: Spice AB: ?: (eng: balsam - with an added l)
Nm) mxb (בסמ BSM) - Spice: Sweet smelling spices. KJV (1): spice - Strongs: H1313 (בָּשָׂם)
gm) mxfb (בוסמ BWSM) - Spice: A sweet smelling spice. [df: MVb] KJV (29): spice, sweet, sweet - Strongs: H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
בֶּשֶׂם Exodus 30:23, and בֹּשֶׂם m.
(1) a sweet smell, especially such as spices emit, Syr. ܒܶܣܡܳܐ spice, Isaiah 3:24 קִנְּמָן־בֶּשֶׂם sweet smelling cinnamon, Ex. loc. cit.; pl. Song of Solomon 4:16.
(2) spice itself, 1 Kings 10:10; Exodus 35:28; Ezekiel 27:22 pl. בְּשָׂמִים spices, Exodus 25:6, 35:8 הָרֵי בְשָׂמִים mountains abounding in spices, Song of Solomon 8:14.
(3) i.q. בָּשָׂם the balsam shrub, Song of Solomon 5:13, 6:2.