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# bdellium

noun

«bdellium» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Genesis it is found in the land of Havilah near Eden. Manna looks like it, which suggests a small pale and sticky thing.

**Interpretation.** The tradition says manna looked like bdellium, in colour like a pearl or a crystal. It adds that manna tasted like whatever each person wanted.

### Meaning

A sweet-smelling gum from a tree, or a pale gem or pearl, that people valued. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bdellium/#m1)

### Examples

- and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (Torah GEN.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bdellium/#x1)
- Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. (Torah NUM.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bdellium/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bdellium» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bdellium/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bdellium» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bdellium.html) on Mova free.