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PWS
*bVŝVm- - balsam
(EDA I 348)
Lower-level reconstructions
PArm
*bŝm
- to be pleasant; to be happy, glad
Is usually considered to be denominative.
Words
Phoenician
bšm
- perfume, spices
(DNWSI 203)
Hebrew
bōŝäm
- balsam tree, balsam oil
(HALOT 163)
Official Aramaic
bšm
- perfumed (oil)
(DNWSI 204)
Palmyrean
bšym
- perfumed (oil)
(DNWSI 204)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
bsm
- spice, perfume
(DJPA 106)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
busmā
- spice, fragrance
(DJBA 191)
Syriac
besmā
- perfume
(LSyr. 80, SL 165)
Mandaic
busma
- sweet odors, perfumes
(MD 56)
Arabic
bašām-
- the tree of the balsam of Mekkeh, amyris opobalsamum
(Lane 209)