אפרסמון
Grammatical information: noun m.
Translation: juice of the balsam-tree, balsam
Translation equivalent: ὀποβάλσαμον(Classical Greek)
י"ג נהרין אפרסמון
62,2 [II 671:5]
... thirteen streams of Balsam. (Freedman / Simon II 550)
בלסם
= yAZ 3,1 [1394: 28] דאפרסמון; Yalq 110 [33a: 12] דאפרסמון
Cf. אפלסמון 〈ʾplsmwn〉, EkhaR 4,15. The Greek etymology is uncertain, since the correct form is well preserved in בלסם and אפופלסמון (see Löw, Flora I 303f, Löw (1881) 74, and esp. Krauss (1937) 60ab).
Bibliography:
How to cite: Art. אפרסמון in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/aparsemon.html. 2024.
