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MainId: 005192000000000
Version: 0
HasAramaic: False
InLXX: True
AlphaPos: υ
StrongCodes: G5301
BaseForms:
BaseFormID: 005192001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m./f.
Inflections:
Lemma: ὕσσωπος
BaseFormIndex: 1
Realizations: -ου; ὕσσωπον
LEXMeanings:
LEXID: 005192001001000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
LEXEntryCode: 3.26
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Plants
LEXSubDomains: Plants That Are Not Trees
LEXSenses:
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
LEXReferences: YHN 19:29, HEB 9:19
LEXLinks: flora:5.2.4