gilead balm of

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gilead balm of - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Gilead, Balm of
  The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which
  were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Gen. 37:25; Jer. 8:22; 46:11;
  Ezek. 27:17). The word "balm" is a contracted form of "balsam,"
  a word derived from the Greek _balsamon_, which was adopted as
  the representative of the Hebrew words _baal shemen_, meaning
  "lord" or "chief of oils."
  
    The Hebrew name of this balm was _tsori_. The tree yielding
  this medicinal oil was probably the Balsamodendron opobalsamum
  of botanists, and the Amyris opobalsamum of Linnaeus. It is an
  evergreen, rising to the height of about 14 feet. The oil or
  resin, exuding through an orifice made in its bark in very small
  quantities, is esteemed of great value for its supposed
  medicinal qualities. (See BALM.) It may be noted that
  Coverdale's version reads in Jer. 8:22, "There is no triacle in
  Galaad." The word "triacle" = "treacle" is used in the sense of
  ointment.