The standard reference works on Bible plants by Michael Zohary (University of Jerusalem, Cambridge, 1985), James A. Duke (2010), and Hans Arne Jensen (Danish 2004, English translation 2012) identify the plant as a variety of Cymbopogon.
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Calamus (קְנֵה-בֹשֶׂם kaneh bosm) 250 shekels (about 3 kg)
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When a non-king was anointed, such as Elijah's anointing of Hazael and Jehu, it was a sign that Hazael was to be king of Syria and that Jehu would king of Israel.
Holy anointing oil, a perfume used to anoint the vessels of the Jewish Tabernacle
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