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# myrrh

«myrrh» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sweet-smelling, bitter gum (resin) from a small thorny…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (myrrh, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sweet-smelling, bitter gum (resin) from a small thorny tree in Arabia and Africa, used in perfumes, medicines and incense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#m1)

2) (Bible) One of the three gifts the wise men gave the baby Jesus, with gold and frankincense; Christians see it as a sign of his death, because myrrh was used to prepare bodies for burial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In nativity plays and religion lessons myrrh is the «sad» gift that points to Jesus's death. In history, ancient Egyptians used myrrh when making mummies. Phrases: «gold, frankincense and myrrh».

### examples

- The third wise man brought myrrh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x1)
- Myrrh is a resin from a thorny tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x2)
- Gold, frankincense and myrrh were gifts for a king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x3)
- Myrrh was used to prepare bodies for burial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x4)
- The Egyptians used myrrh for their mummies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x5)
- In the carol, myrrh's «bitter perfume» speaks of sorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrrh/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Strange spelling: m-y-r-r-h; pronounced «mur», rhymes with «fur». Silent h at the end.

### In the corpora

- [Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.749/)
- [I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.193/)
- [My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.12/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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