בֶּשֶׂם
besem · beh'-sem
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Lexicon
Derivation: or בֹּשֶׂם; from the same as H1313 (בָּשָׂם);
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
- fragrance
- by implication, spicery
- also, the balsam plant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּשֶׂם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spices5 · 17%
- of spices4 · 14%
- and spices3 · 10%
- and the spices3 · 10%
- shekels, and of sweet2 · 7%
- and of spices2 · 7%
- with sweet odours2 · 7%
- and spice1 · 3%
- of the spices1 · 3%
- neither was there any such spice1 · 3%
- and for spices1 · 3%
- than all spices1 · 3%
- that the spices1 · 3%
- and it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell1 · 3%
- of all spices1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.