Senses
1. myrrh (aromatic resin) — The aromatic resin mor, a costly spice derived from the Commiphora tree, used in sacred anointing oil (Exod 30:23), burial preparations, and as a perfume in the Song of Songs. All three clusters represent the identical substance with grammatical variation: absolute ('myrrh'), with article ('the-myrrh'), construct ('myrrh-of'), and with 1cs suffix ('my-myrrh'). Uniformly attested: English 'myrrh/the-myrrh', Spanish 'mirra/mi-mirra', Hindi 'gandhras (गंधरस/गन्धरस)', Arabic 'mur (مُور/مُرّاً/الْمُرِّ)', Korean 'molyak (몰약)', Swahili 'manemane'. No semantic differentiation exists; all inflections denote the same aromatic substance. 12×
AR["المُرُّ","الْمُرِّ","بِمُرٍّ","مُرّاً-","مُور","مُورِي","هَ-مُور","هَ-مُّور"]·ben["-গন্ধরসে","-গন্ধরসের","আমার-গন্ধরস","গন্ধরস","গন্ধরস-"]·DE["Myrrhe","Myrrhe-von","[המר]","[מורי]","[מר]","der-Myrrhe","myrrh"]·EN["my-myrrh","myrrh","myrrh-of","the-myrrh","with-myrrh"]·FR["[המר]","de-la-myrrhe","de-la-myrrhe,","de-myrrhe","ma-myrrhe","myrrhe","myrrhe-de","מר"]·heb["ה-מור","ה-מר","מור","מור-","מורי"]·HI["अपना-गंधरस","गंधरस","गंधरस-का","गंधरस-के","गन्धरस","गन्धरस-","गन्धरस-के"]·ID["-mur","mur","murku"]·IT["[המר]","[מר]","il-mirra","mirra","mirra-di","mirra-mio"]·jav["Mur","mur","mur-","mur-kula"]·KO["그-몰약-의","그-몰약의","내-몰약-을","몰약","몰약-과","몰약-으로","몰약-을","몰약을"]·PT["Mirra","a-mirra","com-mirra","minha-mirra","mirra"]·RU["мирра","мирра-","миррой","мирру","мирру-мою","мирры","смирной,"]·ES["Mirra","la-mirra","mi-mirra","mirra","mirra-de-"]·SW["Manemane","manemane","manemane-","manemane-yangu","na-miezi","wa-manemane"]·TR["Mür-","mur","murumu","murun","mür","mürün-"]·urd["مر","مر-","مُر","مُر-کی","مُر-کے","میرا-مُر"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מֹר, מוֹר n.m. Ct 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru MeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic مُرٌّ; cf. LagBN 40);—abs. מֹר ψ 45:9 + 5 times, מוֹר Ct 4:6 + 3 times Ct; cstr. מָר־ Ex 30:23; sf. מוֹרִי Ct 5:1;—myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (v. Sigismund Aromata 12 f. RiHWB s. v.):—as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and…