Duhum hebelesamum
Duhum hebelesamum idem scripsit pro opobalsamo.
Apparatus:
Duhum | Duchun ms. e
hebelesamũ AC ejp | hebelesanium B {‘m’ misread as ‘ni’} | hebelesarmiũ or - sanniũ f
idem | stephanus bellasamũ ms. e
{opobalsamo} etcetera add. j
Translation:
Duhum hebelesamum is the word the same author {i.e. the previously mentioned Stephanus} writes for opobalsamum.
Commentary:
Simon refers to Stephanus who in his Breviarium writes: Opobalsamõ … duhũ elbelisam [[1]].
Duhum hebelesamum:
Simon's Duhum hebelesamum is ﺩﻫﻦ ﺣﺐ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺴﺎﻦ /duhn ḥabb al-balasān/ and Stephanus' duhũ elbelisam is ﺩﻫﻦ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺴﺎﻦ /duhn al-balasān/.
Duhum:
Cf. Siggel (1950: 35): ﺩﻫﻦ /duhn/ 1) Öl; 2) Auszug aus e. Pflanzenteil od. e. sonstigen Substanz, Extrakt, Saft. {i.e. “1) oil; 2) extract from a part of a plant or some other substance, juice”}.
ﺣﺐ /ḥabb/:
Wehr (1976): ﺣﺐ /ḥabb/ “grains, seed; cereals, corn; kernels, granules”; Siggel (1950: 27): ﺣﺐ /ḥabb/ Korn, Kern, Samenkorn {i.e. “grain, kernel, seed”}.
ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻥ /balasān/:
Wehr (1976): ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻥ /balasān/ “balsam, balm; balsam tree; black elder (bot.)".
Siggel (1950: 21): ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻥ /balasān/ Balsam v. Balsamodendron Gileadense (Burserac.) {i.e. the balsam of B. Gileadense"}.
See also: [[2]] s.v. balsamus
Dozy (1877-81: I.110), s.v. ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻥ /balasān/ mentions: ﺣﺐ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺴﺎﻦ /ḥabb al-balasān/ saying that the pharmacists understand this term to mean the fruit of the balsam-tree but that it is more probable that it denotes the liquid that is exuded from the balsam.
For further information see Lane (1984: 248), s.v. ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻥ /balasān/: about opobalsamum, etc.
WilfGunther 13:08, 1 July 2015 (BST)
See also Balsamus, Opobalsamum.