אָלוּם m. (אלם; √אל, cmp. חלם, חלב &c.) a mucilaginous plant (cmp. Lat. Alum), prob. Silphium, a kind of Laserpitium or Asafœtida. T’bul Yom I, 5 (Var. in Ar. אילום, הלום). Cmp. אֱלָל.
אָלוּם
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אָלוּם m. ( אלם ; √ אל , cmp. חלם , חלב &c.) a mucilaginous plant (cmp. Lat. Alum), prob. Silphium , a kind of Laserpitium or Asafœtida . T’bul Yom…
References
- Jastrow, חָלַם I 1
- Mishnah Tevul Yom 1:5
- Jastrow, אֱלָל 1