Lexical Summary chabatstseleth: meadow saffron or crocus Original Word: חֲבַצֶּלֶתTransliteration: chabatstseleth Phonetic Spelling: (khab-ats-tseh'-leth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: meadow saffron or crocus Meaning: meadow saffron or crocus Strong's Concordance rose Of uncertain derivation; probably meadow-saffron -- rose. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2261. chabatstseleth חֲבַצֶּלֶת noun feminine meadow-saffron or crocus (colchicum autumnale, Linn.) (Syriac , see GESComm. Isaiah 35:1 Löwp. 174, No. 128; Assyrian —abaƒillatu VR32, 62 is a marsh-plant, reed; compare ZimBP 59 DlHA 34; Prov 82; also Chel.c. and critical note.); — הָעֲמָקִים שׁוֺשַׁנַּת ׳ח הַשָּׁרוֺן Song of Solomon 2:1 (figurative of Shulamite), כַּחֲבַצָּֽלֶת׃ וְתִפְרַח עֲרָבָה וְתָגֵל Isaiah 35:1 (narcissus Che35:1 compare ConderPEF, 1878, 46 TristrNHB 476 and others) |