Myrrh Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== The word ''myrrh'' corresponds to a common [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] root ''[[wikt:م ر ر|m-r-r]]'' meaning "bitter", as in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{lang|ar|مُرّ}} ''{{lang|ar-Latn|murr}}'' and [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] {{lang|arc|ܡܪܝܪܐ}} ''{{lang|arc-Latn|mureera}}''. Its name entered the [[English language]] by way of the [[Hebrew Bible]], in which it is called {{lang|he|מור}} ''{{lang|he-Latn|mor}}'', and also later as a Semitic [[loanword]].<ref>Klein, Ernest, ''A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English'', The [[University of Haifa]], Carta, Jerusalem, p.380</ref> It appears in numerous pre-Hellenic sources up to the translation of the [[Tanakh]] into the [[Septuagint]], and later makes it way into the [[Greek myth]] about [[Myrrha]]; in the [[Ancient Greek language]], the related word {{lang|grc|μῠ́ρον}} (''{{lang|grc-Latn|múron}}''), likely derived from a Semitic source, became a general term for [[perfume]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page