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There is some doubt as to whether the onycha of the Hebrew Bible was the operculum of a sea snail. [9] H. J. Abrahams says, "The widely held mollusk hypothesis becomes quite perplexing if one considers that the mollusk was counted among the unclean animals in the Bible (Leviticus 11:9 and 12)."
Called sheḥelet in biblical Hebrew, [67] this spice has the more popular English name of "onycha", a word derived from the Greek and effectually translated as "fingernail" because of its resemblance to an animal's claw, or fingernail. [68] [69] Operculum has an aromatic odor when it is put to the coals. [70]
Onycha, which in Greek means "nail", is variously described as being the operculum from a shell found in the Red Sea (which are said to resemble a fingernail), the exudation from the rock rose bush called labdanum (both petals and markings which are said to resemble a fingernail), Styrax benzoin, bdellium, or even cloves.
Shell of marine snail Lunella torquata with the calcareous operculum in place Gastropod shell of the freshwater snail Viviparus contectus with corneous operculum in place. An operculum (Latin for 'cover, covering'; pl. opercula or operculums) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also ...
Other members of the cat family are mentioned in the Bible, namely lions, leopards, and (questionably) tigers. צִיִּים֙ (ṣiyyîm), mentioned in Isaiah 34:14, is translated as "wildcats" in some newer translations of the Bible such as the CEV and NRSV, making this potentially the only mention of small cats in the Protestant Bible.
Produce that is referred to today as onycha is diverse, including labdanum, benzoin, bdellium, operculum, etc. Each of these products are only referred to as onycha simply because of those who believe the product was the original onycha of antiquity. I have taken the liberty to expand the description of onycha.
The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus , the staff ( Hebrew : מַטֶּה , romanized : maṭṭe , translated "rod" in the King James Bible ) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and ...
The identification of individuals named in bullae with equivalent names from the Bible is difficult, but identifications have been made with king Hezekiah [49] and his servants (avadim in Hebrew, [עבדים – slaves]) Bulla of Gemariah son of Shaphan (r. 609–598 BC) – possible link to a figure during the reign of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36: ...