STRONGS H174:
Abbreviations
† III. [
אהל]
noun [
masculine] odorific tree,
aloe (?) (? loan-word from Sanskrit
aguru,
agaru, dialect
aghil, compare Wilson
Skr. Dict.; M. Müller in Pusey
Daniel 2nd ed. p. 647 f;
aloëxylon agallochum (compare Sigismund
Aromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f, MV cite Kondracki
Beitr. z. Kenntn. d. Aloe, Dorpat 1874 & Baer
Reden III, 293 f); others
aloë succotrina (Schenkel
BL, compare Di ad
Numbers 24:6); Wetzst in De
Ct 2nd ed. 167 brings under I.
אהל; he proposes
cardamum, Arabic
هَيْل from
أُهَيْل =
little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules)
1. plural אֲהָלִים trees planted by י׳ Numbers 24:6 (|| ארזים perhaps error for אֵילִים compare Di.
2. aloes, as sweet-smelling; perfume for bed, אֲהָלִים Proverbs 7:17 (|| מֹר, קִנָּמוֺן); for garments אֲהָלוֺת Psalm 45:9 (|| מֹר, קְצִיעוֺת); of bride, under figure of odorific tree Songs 4:14 (|| מֹר, כָּל־רָאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Numbers
24:6; 24:6
Psalms
45:9
Proverbs
7:17
Song of Songs
4:14
