Hebrew edit

Root
ק־נ־ם (q-n-m)

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Noun edit

קינמון / קִנָּמוֹן (kinamónm (singular construct קִנְּמׇן־) [pattern: קִטָּלוֹן]

  1. cinnamon (tree)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 63a:
      עֲצֵי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל קִינָּמוֹן הָיוּ, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיוּ מַסִּיקִין מֵהֶן, רֵיחָן נוֹדֵף בְּכָל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
      'Atséi Y'rushaláyim shel qinnamón hayú, uv-sha'á she-hayú massiqín mehń, reḥ-an nodéf b-khol érets Yisraél.
      The firewood of Jerusalem was of cinnamon-tree, and when they lit it their smell would waft through all the land of Israel.
  2. cinnamon (spice)
    • Tanach, Exodus 30:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְאַתָּה קַח־לְךָ בְּשָׂמִים רֹאשׁ מׇר־דְּרוֹר חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וְקִנְּמׇן־בֶּשֶׂם מַחֲצִיתוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָיִם וּקְנֵה־בֹשֶׂם חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָיִם׃
      V-atá qaḥ l'khá b'śamim rosh: mar drór ḥamésh meót v-qinnmon-bóśem maḥatsitó ḥamishím u-matáyim u-qnéh vósem ḥamishím u-matáyim.
      Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty.
    • Tanach, Song of Songs 7:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמוֹן׃
      Náfti mishkaví mor ahalím v-qinnamón.
      I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Keritot 7a:
      הַקּשְׁטְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וְקִלּוּפָה שְׁלשָׁה וְקִנָּמוֹן תִּשְׁעָה
      Ha-qosht shném 'aśár, v-qillufá shloshá, v-qinnamón tish'a.
      Crocus, twelve measures, and bark, three measures, and cinnamon, nine measures