בושם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־שׂ־ם (b-s-m)

From Proto-Semitic *buśm-. Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic בֻּשְׂמָא (buśmā, “sweet spice or smell”), Classical Syriac ܒܘܣܡܐ (bussāmā, “sweetness, perfume”), Arabic بَشَام (bašām, “balsam; balsam plant”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

בושם / בֹּשֶׂם • (bósem) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. perfume

References

• “בושם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• בושם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he