BDB258 [H231]

אֵזוֺב noun masculine^{1Kgs 5:13} hyssop (Mishna אזוב, Aramaic , Arabic Frey., Ethiopic ᵐ5 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di Lev 14:6 f; see also Löw⁹³)

**probably a kind of wild marjoram (origanum Muru) Post^{Hast. DB Hyssop}. — ׳א absolute Exod 12:22 + 4 t.; אֵזֹב Lev 14:4 + 4 t.; — hyssop, little plant (contracted אֶרֶז cedar) 1Kgs 5:13, אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר ׳הָא; Exod 12:22 (J) ׳אֲגֻדַּת א a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without אגדת, used in cleansing from leprosy Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52 burnt with red heifer Num 19:6 used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer vNum 19:18 (all P); compare Ps 51:9 וְאֶטְהָ֑ר ׳תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּא.

אַזְכָּרָה see זכר.

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