צרי

Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly related to the Arabic ضَرَا (ḍarā, “to gush/leak blood”), i.e. "the sap/resin which is gushed [from the balsam tree]".

Pronunciation

Noun

צֳרִי • (tsorí) m

  1. balsam
    • a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud. Yoma, section 4.5:
      תַּנֵּי. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר. הַצֳּרִי אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא (סְרַף) [שְׂרָף] שֶׂלְעֲצֵי (הַקְּטָב) [הַקְּטָף]
      tannḗ rabbā́n šimʿṓn ben gamlīʾḗl ʾōmḗr. haṣṣŏrī́ ʾēnō ʾellā (sərap̄) [śərāp̄] śelʿăṣḗ (haqqṭāḇ) [haqqṭāp̄]
      It was stated: Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, balsamum is only the sap of the (qtab) [qtaf] tree.

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