* David says (Ps. 51:7): "Purge
me with hyssop, and I shall be clean". The reference is to the custom of
ceremonially sprinkling the unclean with a bunch of hyssop (marjoram or the
horny caper) dipped in water in which had been mixed the ashes of a red heifer.
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Русско-английский словарь в помощь христианскому переводчику
