myrrh

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
2. Synonym of chrism.
3. The herb chervil.

Konzepte

Myrrhe

Myrrha

Myrre

Synonyme

sweet cicely

gum myrrh

grieve

incense

Myrrha

gum-myrrh

Commiphora myrrha

common myrrh

aloes

Commiphora abyssinica

chrism

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/mɜɹ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.