ἀλωθ <Semitic; Hellenistic period>
👉 ἀλωθ – ‘agarwood (of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.)’ (LXX: Cant. 4.14).
🅔 A transliteration of the Biblical Hebrew word ʾăhālôṯ (formally pl.) ‘agarwood (of Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.)’ which occurs in the original text of BH: Cant. 4.14; cf. also Biblical Hebrew ʾăhālîm (formally pl.) ‘id.’. Cf. ἀγάλοχον.
📖 Data: DCH: I, 146; HALOT: 19. Ref.: GELS: 22; Nielsen 1986: 66; Simotas 1969: 23.