אֲהָלִים
ʼăhâlîym · H174 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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agarwood tree, aloe
Large tree which may reach a height of 36 m.; native to south-east Asia and northern India; Aquilaria ahallocha (agarwood); known for its fragrant wood; associated with fragrance and beauty
ExamplesNumbers 24:6 “Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens beside a river, Like aloes planted by the LORD, Like cedars beside the waters.
Song of Solomon 4:14 Nard and saffron, spice reed and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest balsam oils.
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agarwood, aloes
Chips of fragrant wood, from the aloe tree (agarwood)
ExamplesProverbs 7:17 “I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
How it’s used In 1 role
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Trees001002007002
- אֲהָלִים names the aloes tree, likened to trees planted by the LORD in Balaam's oracle.
- Spices001002005014
- The word also names the fragrant spice derived from aloes, used to perfume a bed alongside myrrh and cinnamon.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H174. ahalim III. [אהל] noun [masculine] odorific tree, aloe (?) (? loan-word from…
III. [אהל] noun [masculine] odorific tree, aloe (?) (? loan-word from Sanskrit aguru, agaru, dialect aghil, compare WilsonSkr. Dict.; M. Müller in PuseyDaniel 2d ed. p. 647 f; aloÎxylon agallochum (compare SigismundAromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f, MV cite KondrackiBeitr. z. Kenntn. d. Aloe, Dorpat 1874 & BaerReden III, 293 f); others aloe succotrina (SchenkelBL, compare Di ad Num 24:6); Wetzst in DeSong of Solomon 2d ed. 167 brings under I. אהל; he proposes cardamum, Arabic from = little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules)
1 plural אֲהָלִים trees planted by ׳י Num 24:6 (|| ארזים perhaps error for אֵילִים compare Di.
2 aloes, as sweet-smelling; perfume for bed, אֲהָלִים Pro 7:17 (|| קִנָּמוֺן מֹר,); for garments אֲהָלוֺת Psa 45:9 (|| קְצִיעוֺת מֹר,); of bride, under figure of odorific tree Son 4:14 (|| בְשָׂמִים כָּלרָֿאשֵׁי מֹר,).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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