H3750

כַּרְכֹּם

kar.komH:N-M

saffron

1) saffron 1a) an orange-yellow flower of the crocus family, used for flavouring in drinks and confections in order to promote perspiration for cooling of the body

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כַּרְכֹּם noun [masculine] saffron (crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative כִּרְכֵּם; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא, Arabic = κρόκος, crocus; Lag^{Ges. Abh. 58, No. 147}; so also JHMordt^{sab Denkm. 83 f.}; otherwise DHM^ib., who compare Sabean כמכם, Arabic = Greek κάγκαμον); — Song 4:14 on meaning see especially Löw^{No. 162}.

1 occurrence

Song of Solomon 4:14