CINNAMON (קִנָּמﯴן, H7872, κιννάμωμον, G3077); Cinnamon Tree bark.

Cinnamon bark is by inference mentioned in Exodus 30:23; Proverbs 7:17 and Song of Solomon 4:14, while the Gr. word “Kinamōmon” appears in Revelation 18:13. There is no doubt as to the name of this tree: it is Cinnanomum zeylanicum. It grows about thirty ft. high, and bears small, white flowers on spreading branches. The best cinnamon comes from three-year-old branches. The oil is distilled from the bark after it has been softened by soaking in sea water. This bark is graysmooth, and often speckled with orange and greenish spots. Though today cinnamon is not liked as a perfume, the Hebrews in the olden days thought of it as a glorious scent.