- אלום
- אָלוּםm. (אלם; √אל, cmp. חלם, חלב ) a mucilaginous plant (cmp. Lat. Alum), prob. Silphium, a kind of Laserpitium or Asafœtida. Tbul Yom I, 5 (Var. in Ar. אילום, הלום). Cmp. אֱלָל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
