Myrrh

Bal; Bdellium; Bol; Commiphora molmol; Commiphora myrrha; Guggal Resin; Gum Myrrh; Heerabol; Mo Yao; Opopanax

Bdellium (Hebrew bedolach) was probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora. Bdellium was an adulterant of the costly myrrh and remains a binder in perfumes. The word occurs only twice in the Hebrew Bible: in Genesis 2:12-13, it is a product of the land of Havilah: And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the w ...