Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֵזוֺב noun masculine1Ki 5:13 hyssop (Mishna
אזוב, Aramaic

, Arabic

Frey., Ethiopic
ᵐ5 ὕσσωπος, herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, see Di
Leviticus 14:6 f; see also Löw
93)
**probably a kind of wild marjoram (
origanum Muru) Post
Hast. DB Hyssop. —
׳א absolute
Exodus 12:22 4t.;
אֵזֹב Leviticus 14:4 4t.; —
hyssop, little plant (contracted
אֶרֶז cedar)
1 Kings 5:13,
אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר ׳הָא;
Exodus 12:22 (J)
׳אֲגֻדַּת א a bunch of h. for sprinkling blood on doorposts; without
אגדת, used in cleansing from leprosy
Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51,52; burnt with red heifer
Numbers 19:6; used in cleansing with ashes of red heifer
Numbers 19:18 (all P); compare
Psalm 51:9 וְאֶטְהָ֑ר ׳תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְּא.
אַזְכָּרָה see זכר.