Lexical Definition

‎כַּרְכֹּם‎ karkôm (kar-kome') saffron ^H:N-M
probably of foreign origin

saffron.

• the crocus

1) saffron
1a) an orange-yellow flower of the crocus family, used for flavouring in drinks and confections in order to promote perspiration for cooling of the body

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כַּרְכֹּם‎ noun [masculine] saffron (crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative ‎כִּרְכֵּם‎; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic ‎כּוּרְכְּמָא‎, Arabic = κρόκος, crocus; Lag^{Ges. Abh. 58, No. 147}; so also JHMordt^{sab Denkm. 83 f.}; otherwise DHM^ib., who compare Sabean ‎כמכם‎, Arabic = Greek κάγκαμον); — Song 4:14 on meaning see especially Löw^{No. 162}.

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