כַּרְכֹּם

כַּרְכֹּם noun [masculine] saffron (crocus sativus) (Late Hebrew id.; and verb denominative כִּרְכֵּם; Hithpa`el grow yellow, pale; Aramaic כּוּרְכְּמָא, Arabic = κρόκος, crocus; Lag^{Ges. Abh. 58, No. 147}; so also JHMordt^{sab Denkm. 83 f.}; otherwise DHM^ib., who compare Sabean כמכם, Arabic = Greek κάγκαμον); — Hoj 4,14 on meaning see especially Löw^{No. 162}.