Song of Solomon 4:14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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The loveliness and purity of the bride are now set forth under the image of a paradise or garden fast barred against intruders, filled with rarest plants of excellent fragrance, and watered by…
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saffron Heb. karkômoccurs in the O.T. only here, but its meaning is clear from the Arabic kurkum= the Crocus sativus. There are many species of crocus in Palestine, and from most of them saffron is…
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