Original Word: בָּשָׂם Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: basam Pronunciation: baw-sawm' Phonetic Spelling: (baw-sawm') KJV: spice Word Origin: [from an unused root meaning to be fragrant]
1. the balsam plant
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
spice
From an unused root meaning to be fragrant; (compare cam) the balsam plant -- spice.