(in Heb. Ahalim, Ahaloth), The name of a costly and sweet-smelling wood which is mentioned in
Nu 24:6; Ps 45:8; Pr 7:17; Song 4:14; Joh 19:39
It is usually identified with the Aquilaria agollochum, an aromatic wood much valued in India. This tree sometimes grows to the height of 120 feet, being 12 feet in girth.
They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.
Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.
Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain