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# galbanum

«galbanum» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a sticky, strong-smelling resin from a plant, used in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

a sticky, strong-smelling resin from a plant, used in perfume and incense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galbanum/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It was one of the four spices in the holy incense burned in the Tabernacle. Interpretation: Tradition notes galbanum smells bad alone, and teaches that it was included to show that even sinners belong in the community of Israel.

### examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight. (Torah EXO.30.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galbanum/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «galbanum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/galbanum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.