And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 12 并且那地的金子是好的。在那里又有珍珠和红玛瑙。
The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 12 并且那地的金子是好的.那里又有珍珠和红玛瑙。
The gold of that land is good; bdellium and cornelians are also to be found there. 第一股名比逊河,它曲折流经哈腓拉全境,此地盛产高成色黄金,还有琥珀及红玛瑙。
bdellium
[ noun ] aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh <noun.substance>
bdellium \bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb. b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).] 1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (--Gen. ii. 12, and --Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.
2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.
Note: {Indian bdellium} or {false myrrh} is an exudation from {Balsamodendron Roxburghii}. Other kinds are known as {African bdellium}, {Sicilian bdellium}, etc. ※ ||