mor is an aromatic substance used in oils, spices, perfuming, and poetic images of fragrance.

The term denotes an aromatic substance appearing in mixtures of spices and oils, in bodily or household perfuming, and in poetic images of fragrance. The same noun is used when a woman undergoes treatments, when a bed is scented, and when fragrance is pictured as dripping from hands or lips.

1. Aromatic substance in mixtures and fragrance imagery · dominant

   The masculine singular noun occurs with other spices and fragrant materials: in Exodus 30:23 the APB renders a prescribed spice mixture, and in Esther 2:12 it renders oil used in a young woman's treatments. In Proverbs 7:17 it is sprinkled on a bed, while Song of Songs 3:6 and Song of Songs 5:13 place it in images of perfuming and liquid fragrance; Song of Songs 5:5 describes it on the speaker's hands and fingers.

   Exodus 30:23Esther 2:12Proverbs 7:17Song of Songs 3:6Song of Songs 5:13Song of Songs 5:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the term as “myrrh,” including “oil of myrrh,” “bundle of myrrh,” and “liquid myrrh.” These renderings confirm the verses' fragrance imagery without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew noun.