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title: כַּרְכֹּום — saffron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּרְכֹּום (3750), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: saffron. BDB 1906: saffron. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּרְכֹּום

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«כַּרְכֹּום» in the Tanakh dictionary: **saffron** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3750 · **BDB:** כַּרְכֹּם

### Glosses

saffron (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

saffron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3750/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

saffron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3750/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] saffron (crocus sativus) (NH id.; and vb. denom. כִּרְכֵּם; Hithp. grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא, ܟܽܘܪܟܡܳܐ; Arabic كُرْكُمٌ = κρόκος, crocus; Lag Ges Abh. 58, No. 147; so also JHMordt Sab.Denkm 83 f.; otherwise DHM ib., who comp. Sab. כמכם, Arabic كَمْكَامٌ = Gk. κάγκαμον);—Ct 4:14; on meaning v. especially LöwNo. 162.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּרְכֹּום» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3750/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.14/)

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נֵ֣רְדְּ ׀ וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם קָנֶה֙ וְקִנָּמ֔וֹן עִ֖ם כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י לְבוֹנָ֑ה מֹ֚ר וַאֲהָל֔וֹת עִ֖ם כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֥י בְשָׂמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with all \[the\].trees of.frankincense myrrh and aloes with all \[the\].best of.spices

*JPS 1917:* Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

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