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context: "the destroyer"), is the active participle of "apollumi" (ἀπόλλυμι, "to destroy"). The term "abaddon" appears six times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible; "abaddon" means destruction or "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is accompanied by Sheol. The text of the Thanksgiving Hymns—which was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls—tells of "the Sheol of Abaddon" and of the "torrents of Belial [that] burst into Abaddon". The "Biblical Antiquities" (misattributed to Philo) mentions Abaddon as a place (destruction) rather than an individual. Abaddon is also one of the compartments of Gehenna. By extension, it can </s> better as it is smooth, whitish and smells good; the Indian variety is a dirty black. Bdellium Bdellium , also bdellion, is a semi-transparent oleo-gum resin extracted from "Commiphora wightii" and from "Commiphora africana" trees growing in Ethiopia, Eritrea and sub-saharan Africa. Bdellium consists of a water-soluble gum, a resin and an essential oil. The essential oil of "Commiphora africana" contains predominantly α-thujene, α- and β-pinene, and p-cymene. Bdellium is used in perfumery, as incense and in traditional medicine. It is an adulterant of the more costly myrrh. Middle English, from Latin, from Greek βδέλλιον. "Commiphora africana" resin is also </s> Numbers 11:7) for Hebrew "bedolach". In both passages the Septuagint understands it as the name of some precious stone, as does Rashi, who interprets it as "a precious stone, crystal", and Saadiah Gaon, as "pearls". The Midrash gives two opinions. According to one, it is a precious stone, and according to the other the reference is to "the bedolaḥ of perfumers". In Genesis the Midrash decides in favor of the first interpretation because there it is associated with gold and onyx. In Numbers, the reference to bdellium is in the context of the manna eaten by the Israelites in the
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