סַם

«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.

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

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

spice tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. spice, used in incense tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 40:27

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.

Exodus 25:6

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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