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ὕσσωπος

MainId: 005192000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: υ

StrongCodes: G5301

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 005192001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m./f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ὕσσωπος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου; ὕσσωπον
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 005192001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 3.26
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Plants That Are Not Trees
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-05-05 09:03:22
    DefinitionShort: small aromatic bush with a shrub-like base and stems which are stiff, many-branched, hairy, and strong, 50-80 cm tall; Origanum syriacum or Majorana syriaca; used by the Jews in the ritual purification process as a sprinkling brush
    Glosses: hyssop
    Comments: The hyssop bush may reach a height of one meter (three feet) and has a number of woody stems.|In some translations a term for ‘hyssop’ is borrowed with a classifier such as ‘plant,’ for example, ‘a branch of a plant called hyssop.’|In {S:04301902900020} some translators have simply used ‘a twig’ or ‘a branch,’ but this may not be adequate, since some persons see a good deal of symbolism in the use of the term ‘hyssop’ because of its relationship to ritual uses in the OT.|According to an old conjecture, the text of {S:04301902900020} could have contained the term {L:ὑσσός} ‘javelin’ ({D:6.35}) rather than ὕσσωπος ‘hyssop’ (this reading is actually found in one eleventh century minuscule manuscript), and this has been followed by the NEB translation (“they soaked a sponge with the wine, fixed it on a javelin …”), but this form of the text has very little support and is not recommended.
  LEXReferences: YHN 19:29, HEB 9:19
  LEXLinks: flora:5.2.4