חלבנה

From the root ח־ל־ב (ḥ-l-b) related to fat and milk. Compare Aramaic חִלְבְּנֵיתָא (ḥilbənēṯā)/חֶלְבְּנֵתָא (ḥelbənēṯā)/חֶלְבָּנְתָּא (ḥelbāntā).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χel.beˈna/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɛl.bəˈnɔː/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χɛl.bəˈnɔ/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħæl.bæˈnɔː/, [ħæːl.bæːˈnɔː]

חֶלְבְּנָה • (khelbená) f

1. galbanum, an aromatic gum or resin

• → Ancient Greek: χαλβάνη (khalbánē)
  • → Latin: galbanum
  • → Old Armenian: քաղբան (kʻałban)
  • → Old Georgian: ქალბანაჲ (kalbanay), ქალბანჱ (kalbanē)

• The exact identity of the plant that produces galbanum is debated, with Greek and Christian scholars identifying the plant as being of the genus Ferula, while Jewish sources traditionally identify the plant as being Styrax officinalis.

• H2464 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible