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of the slaves' quarters in which they lived, so that God would pass over them as he slew the first-born of the
Egyptians. The Israelites used ezov more regularly for other rituals when they had settled in Israel. It was used in the
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was first isolated from its growth on hyssop in 1911, Selwyn has suggested that the mention in the Bible (Psalm 51, verse 7) of the therapeutic efficacy of he hyssop is an early example of the use of
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2:2. The problems with identification arise from Jewish oral tradition where it expressly prohibits Greek hyssop, and where the biblical plant is said to have been identical to the Arabic word,
258:" and have adopted the biblical practice of sprinkling with water to ritually cleanse objects, including churches and people, in a ritual termed
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ritual when they were enslaved in Egypt, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old
Testament, to sprinkle lamb's blood on the door posts and
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often follow this rendering. The Hebrew word אזוב and the Greek word ὕσσωπος probably share a common (unknown) origin.
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English-language Bibles, the word is transliterated as
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416:zaatar rumi
390:in Mishnah
340:Saadia Gaon
264:during the
212:Caper plant
193:Penicillium
161:crucifixion
137:Koine Greek
104:Saadia Gaon
593:Categories
484:(1): 1–3.
386:14:6) and
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272:References
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204:Ritual use
198:penicillin
100:Maimonides
76:Septuagint
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378:(in his
342:(in his
266:Asperges
218:Passover
188:Psalm 51
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118:marjoram
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384:Nega'im
380:Mishnah
222:lintels
171:plant (
167:is the
153:kálamos
149:Passion
122:oregano
113:za'atar
81:ὕσσωπος
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392:Uktzin
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