שְׁחֵ֫לֶת noun feminine an ingredient of the holy incense, + נָטָף, חֶלְבְּנָה, Exodus 30:34; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ὄνυξ, onyx (whence AV onycha), i.e. unguis odoratus, the operculum, or closing-flap, of certain molluscs, with pungent odour whenburnt, see Thes^1388f. Di Shipley-Cook^{Ency. Bib. ONYCHA}; so most; KG Jacob^{ZMG xliii (1889), 354} proposes amber.

שׁחן (√ of following; compare Arabic be hot, then inflamed; Aramaic שְׁחַן, be warm, heat).

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