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title: קִנָּמוֹן — cinnamon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִנָּמוֹן (7076), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: cinnamon. BDB 1906: n.m. cinnamon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִנָּמוֹן

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«קִנָּמוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cinnamon** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7076 · **BDB:** קִנָּמוֹן

### Glosses

cinnamon (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cinnamon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7076/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cinnamon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7076/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. cinnamon (prob. foreign wd., coming with the thing from remote E., cf. MʾLean-ThDyerEncy. Bib. s.v.; cp. with Malay kainamanis by RödThesAdd. 111, kāyü mānĭs LewyFremdw. 37, but only Kāyu, wood, given by ScottMal. Words in Eng. JAOS xvii, xviii (1896, 1897); Gk. κιννάμων from Heb. (against LagBN 199));—fragrant bark used as spice: abs. ק׳ Pr 7:17; Ct 4:14; cstr. קִנְּמָן־בֶּשֶׂם Ex 30:23 (P) cinnamon of sweet odour.—Vid. also Houghton-TrSmith DB s.v. PostHastings DB s.v..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִנָּמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7076/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/)

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נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

*JPS 1917:* I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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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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