Malobathron
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Malobathron. RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] of Song of Solomon 2:17 for Ev [Note: English Version.] Bether (wh. see). It is argued by Post, against this rendering, that the malobathron plant ( Laurus malabathrum ) did not grow wild on any of the mountains of Palestine. Others would render (by a slight textual emendation) ‘mountains of cypresses.’
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
mal - o - bath´ron : the Revised Version margin suggests that this translation may be right instead of Bether in the phrase בּתר הרי , hārē bether ( Song of Solomon 2:17 ). But this spice never grew wild in Palestine, and so could hardly have given its name to a mountain, or mountain range. The name Bether ought therefore to be retained, notwithstanding Wellhausen ( Prol.2 , 415). The spice is the leaf of the Cassia lignea tree.
