Gen 43:11, 1Sa 10:27, 1Ki 10:2, 10, Psa 72:10, 15, Isa 60:6 | TSK | STEP | If it must be. carry down. a little balm. balm.For an explanation of the words {tzori, nechoth,} and {lot,} here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch. 37:25. {Devash,} honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Ch 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, {dabous,} and the honey obtained from them, {dibs,} or {dabs.} {Benanim,} nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. {Shekaidim} is certainly almonds. honey. spices.

Genesis 43:11

If it must be.

14; Es 4:16; Ac 21:14

carry down.

32:13-21; 33:10; 37:25; De 33:14; 1Sa 9:7; 25:27; 1Ki 4:21; 10:25

1Ki 15:19; 2Ki 8:8; 16:8; 20:12; Ps 68:29; 72:10; 76:11; Pr 17:18

Pr 18:16; 19:6; 21:14; Eze 27:17

a little balm.

37:25; Jer 8:22; Eze 27:15

balm.For an explanation of the words {tzori, nechoth,} and {lot,} here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch. 37:25. {Devash,} honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Ch 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, {dabous,} and the honey obtained from them, {dibs,} or {dabs.} {Benanim,} nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. {Shekaidim} is certainly almonds.

honey.

Le 20:24

spices.

1Ki 10:15; So 4:10,14-16; 5:1; 8:14