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title: סַם — spice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַם (5561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: spice. BDB 1906: n.m. spice, used in incense. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַם

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«סַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spice** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 5561 · **BDB:** סַם²

### Glosses

the.perfume(s) (9); of.perfume(s) (5); spices (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. spice, used in incense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. spice, used in incense;—only pl. abs. סַמִּים, and only P Ch; Ex 30:34(×2) elsewhere קְטֹרֶת (הַ)סַּמִּים incense of spices 25:6 + 8 times Ex, Lv 4:7; 16:12; Nu 4:16; 2 Ch 2:3; 13:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 40:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.27/)

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וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו קְטֹ֣רֶת סַמִּ֑ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.made.smoke on it incense of.perfume(s) just as he.had.commanded Yahweh (et) Moses

*JPS 1917:* and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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[Exodus 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.6/)

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שֶׁ֖מֶן לַמָּאֹ֑ר בְּשָׂמִים֙ לְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶת הַסַּמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* oil for the light spices for the.oil of the.anointing and for the.incense of the.perfume(s)

*JPS 1917:* oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense;

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