Lexical Definition

‎מֹר‎ môr (more) myrrh ^H:N-M
or מוֹר môwr (more); from ‎מָרַר‎

myrrh.

• myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)

1) myrrh
1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume

See Greek: σμύρνα · μύρον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֹר‎, ‎מוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Song 5:5} myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru Meissn^{Suppl. 60}; Arabic ; compare Lag^{BN 40}); — absolute ‎מֹר‎ Ps 45:9* + 5 t., ‎מוֺר‎ Song 4:6 + 3 t. Cant; construct ‎מָרֿ‎ Exod 30:23 suffix ‎מוֺרִי‎ Song 5:1 — myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (see Sigismund^{Aromata 12 f.} Ri^{HWB under the word}): — as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and mixing, compare Di^{Exod 30:23} Ri^HWB): ‎מָרדְּֿרוֺר‎ Exod 30:23 (see I. ‎דְּרוֺר‎), ingredient of sacred oil; ‎מוֺר עֹבֵר‎ Song 5:5; Song 5:13 (as perfume); compare (as perfume) Song 1:13; Song 4:14; Song 5:1; Song 5:5 ‎הַרהַֿמּוֺר‎ Song 4:6, i.e. where it is gathered; as perfume also Ps 45:9*; Prov 7:17, as incense ‎מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וּלְבֹנָה‎ Song 3:6 ‎שֶׁמֶן הַמּוֺר‎ as unguent Esth 2:12.

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