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del´i-um (בּדלח, bedhōlaḥ): The word occurs twice in the Pentateuch: (1) in , in conjunction with gold and onyx, as a product of the land of HAVILAH (which see), and (2) in , where the manna is likened to this substance in appearance: “The appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.†The latter comparison excludes the idea of bedhōlaḥ being a precious stone, and points to the identification of it with the fragrant resinous gum known to the Greeks as bdellion, several kinds being mentioned by Dioscorides and Pliny. It was a product of Arabia, India, Afghanistan, etc.