Bible Question: what does hyssop mean |
Bible Answer: Hi Mary Welcome to the forum. Hyssop was almost certainly a flowering plant that grew on walls and cliffs. It could be plucked, a bunch of it dipped in blood sprinkled water (the water of purification), or sacrificial blood, and ritually used for sprinkling (Exod 12.22; Num 19.18; etc). When David said 'purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, it was this ritual that he had in mind. Best wishes |
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