Lexical Definition

‎לֹט‎ lôṭ (lote) myrrh ^H:N-M
probably from ‎לוּט‎

myrrh.

• a gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum

1) myrrh
1a) an aromatic gum exuded by the leaves of the rock rose

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לֹט‎ noun [masculine] myrrh, or 'ladanum' (Greek), an aromatic gum exuded by leaves of cistus-rose, cistus villosus, Tristr^{FFP, 235, and especially Nat. Hist. Bib., 458 ff.}; Ri^{HWB 897}, compare Löw^{No. 79} Di^{Gen 37:25} Now^{Archaeology i. 64} (Sabean ‎לדן‎, SabDenkm⁸⁴; Assyrian ladunu (from Damascus) compare Schr^COT Gen 37:25, MBAk. 1881, pp. 413 ff.; Arabic , whence Greek λήδανον, λάδανον Hdt^{iii. 112}); — ‎וּצְרִי וָלֹט נְכאֹת‎ Gen 37:25, merchandise of Ishmaelite caravan, compare Gen 43:11, present to Joseph (both J; ᵐ5 στακτή).

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