Lexical Definition

‎אֵזוֹב‎ ʼêzôwb (ay-zobe') hyssop ^H:N-M
probably of foreign derivation

hyssop.

• hyssop

1) hyssop, a plant used for medicinal and religious purposes

See Greek: ὕσσωπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵזוֺב‎ noun masculine^{1Kgs 5:13*} hyssop (Mishna ‎אזוב‎, Aramaic , Arabic Frey., Ethiopic ᵐ5 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di Lev 14:6 f; see also Löw⁹³) **probably a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Muru) Post^{Hast. DB Hyssop}. — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Exod 12:22 + 4 t.; ‎אֵזֹב‎ Lev 14:4 + 4 t.; — hyssop, little plant (contracted ‎אֶרֶז‎ cedar) 1Kgs 5:13*, ‎אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר‎ ‎׳‎‎הָא‎; Exod 12:22 (J) ‎׳‎‎אֲגֻדַּת א‎ a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without ‎אגדת‎, used in cleansing from leprosy Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52 burnt with red heifer Num 19:6 used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer vNum 19:18 (all P); compare Ps 51:9* ‎וְאֶטְהָ֑ר‎ ‎׳‎‎תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּא‎.

‎אַזְכָּרָה‎ see ‎זכר‎.

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