H4841 H4841
ointment-pot or spice-seasoning, a vessel for compounding fragrant mixtures
This feminine noun carries two distinct nuances: either a pot in which ointments are mixed and stored, or the seasoned spices themselves. In Job 41, it appears in vivid figurative language describing Leviathan, while Ezekiel uses it in connection with the cooking pot imagery of Jerusalem's judgment. The term evokes the aromatic world of ancient perfumery and culinary arts, though its precise reference remains somewhat uncertain in each context.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Used figuratively in Job 41:31 (comparing the sea to a boiling ointment pot) and literally in Ezekiel 24:10 (the spices added to the cooking pot). The multilingual evidence shows semantic variation: English distinguishes 'ointment-pot' from 'spices', Spanish 'ungüento'/'condimento', suggesting both the container and its aromatic contents were conceptually linked in Hebrew usage. 2×
AR["الطَّبْخَةَ", "كَالْمِرْجَلِ."]·ben["-মলমের-মতো", "মশলা"]·DE["[המרקחה]", "[כמרקחה]"]·EN["like-an-ointment-pot", "the-spices"]·FR["baume", "כמרקחה"]·heb["ה-מרקחה", "כ-מרקחה"]·HI["मलहम-की-तरह"]·ID["campurannya", "seperti-tempat minyak wangi"]·IT["[המרקחה]", "come-il-like-an-ointment-pot"]·jav["bumbon-punika", "kadosdéné-wadah-jamu."]·KO["그-양념을", "향유-항아리-같이"]·PT["como-ungüento.", "o-tempero"]·RU["как-мазь", "пряность"]·ES["como-ungüento", "el-condimento"]·SW["kama-chungu-cha-manukato", "mchanganyiko"]·TR["baharatları", "merhem-gibi"]·urd["عطر-کی-ہانڈی-جیسا", "مصالحہ-دار-سالن"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† מֶרְקָחָה n.f. 1. ointment-pot, in which ointment is compounded, Jb 41:23 (fig.). 2. spice-seasoning (?); as acc. cogn. v. √ Hiph.