H6916 H6916
cassia; an aromatic bark spice used in sacred anointing oil and valued as trade commodity
This term identifies a fragrant spice obtained from tree bark, valued in ancient commerce and sacred ritual. In Exodus it comprises one ingredient of the holy anointing oil for tabernacle consecration, while Ezekiel lists it among luxury goods traded at Tyre. Ancient sources (Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Pliny) describe cassia as similar to cinnamon but coarser, derived from various southeast Asian trees. The word may be a foreign loan-word, reflecting the spice's exotic origin. Its dual usage shows both religious and economic significance in Israel's aromatic trade.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Exodus 30:24 specifies 500 shekels of qiddah for anointing oil (the P source's precise recipe), while Ezekiel 27:19 lists it among Tyre's imported luxuries. Spanish 'casia/Casia,' French 'casse/cassia,' German 'Kassia' all preserve the loan-word character. The Exodus context embeds cassia in sacred use—mixing with myrrh, cinnamon, and olive oil for consecrating priests and tabernacle objects. Ezekiel's commercial context groups it with calamus and other aromatics traded from distant Dan and Javan (Greece). The conjunction 'and' in Spanish/German reflects Ezekiel's list format. This is exotic, expensive spice, not domestic herb, imported for both worship and luxury consumption. 2×
AR["سَلِيخَةً", "وَ-سَليخَةً"]·ben["এবং-তেজপাত", "দারুচিনি"]·DE["[קדה]", "und-Kassia"]·EN["and-cassia", "cassia"]·FR["casse", "et-cassia"]·heb["ו-קידה", "קידה"]·HI["और-तज्पत्र", "दालचीनी"]·ID["dan-kayu-teja", "kayu-manis,"]·IT["[קדה]", "e-cassia"]·jav["Lan-kasia", "kayu-manis"]·KO["계피와", "그리고-육계를"]·PT["E-cássia", "cássia"]·RU["И-кассии", "кассию"]·ES["Y-casia", "casia"]·SW["mdalasini", "na-kasia"]·TR["Ve-hint-defağacı", "tarsin"]·urd["اور-تج", "دارچینی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† קִדָּה n.f. a spice, usually cassia (𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 cf. Di Ex; √ dub.; perhaps foreign word);—merchandise Ez 27:19; ingredient of sacred oil Ex 30:24 (P):—cf. DioscorDe Mater. Med. i. 12 (κασσία=ἡ κιττώ), TheophrHist. Plant. ix. 5 PlinNH xii. 19 (42 ff.); v. also SchrödPh. Spr. 126 LewyFremdw. 36.