Lexicon chabatstseleth: meadow saffron or crocus Original Word: חֲבַצֶּ֫לֶתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: chabatstseleth Phonetic Spelling: (khab-ats-tseh'-leth) Short Definition: crocus NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionmeadow saffron or crocus NASB Translationcrocus (1), rose (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חֲבַצֶּלֶת noun feminine meadow-saffron or crocus ( colchicum autumnale, Linn.) (Syriac  , see GES Comm. Isaiah 35:1 Löw p. 174, No. 128; Assyrian —abaƒillatu VR 32, 62 is a marsh-plant, reed; compare Zim BP 59 Dl HA 34; Prov 82; also Che l.c. and critical note.); — הַשָּׁרוֺן ׳ח שׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים Songs 2:1 (figurative of Shulamite), וְתָגֵל עֲרָבָה וְתִפְרַח כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃ Isaiah 35:1 ( narcissus Che Isaiah 35:1 compare Conder PEF, 1878, 46 Tristr NHB 476 and others) Strong's rose Of uncertain derivation; probably meadow-saffron -- rose. |
|
