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# stacte

«stacte» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A sweet-smelling resin or gum that drips from a tree and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A sweet-smelling resin or gum that drips from a tree and is used to make perfume or incense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stacte/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the first of the four spices in the holy incense burned in the Tabernacle. It could only be used for that sacred purpose. Interpretation: Tradition lists eleven spices in the incense, including stacte, and teaches that no one may make it for ordinary use. It is understood as a gift of fragrance offered to God.

### 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/S/stacte/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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