בֶּשֶׂם
beśem
spice
Strong's H1314NounHebrewTWOT 290a

בֶּשֶׂם (beśem) is a Hebrew noun meaning spice. It appears 29 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1314).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 290a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 290a)spice, balsam, balsam-tree; fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant; smell, sweet
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בֹּ֫שֶׂם noun, masculine: spice, balsam, balsam-tree

spice, balsam, balsam-tree

Strong's H1314 בֶּשֶׂם: fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV:smell, spice, sweet (odour).

Strong's H1313 בָּשָׂם: the balsam plant
KJV:spice.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 290: בשׂם bśm — have a sweet odour, be sweet, pleasant, to delight, spiced (oil), make fine, beautiful

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:61 Kings 10:22 Kings 20:13

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