Hizzob

Tsiron da Littafi Mai Tsarki yake kira hizzob ba ganyen lambun nan ba ne da yake ɗauke da wannan suna a yau, wanda yake tsirowa a daji a kudancin Turai kaɗai. Masana tsirrai da yawa suna ganin marjoram na Siriya ne, wanda ake kira kuma oregano na Siriya, ƙaramin tsiro mai ƙanshi na dangin na’a-na’a da yake girma a tsagar duwatsu da tsofaffin bangaye — kamar a cikin jerin tsirran Solomon “daga al’ul na Lebanon zuwa hizzob da yake girma a bangaye” (1 Sarakuna 4:33). Busassun ganyayensa har yanzu su ne babban ganye a cikin haɗin kayan yaji na za’atar.

Ƙunshin karansa masu gashi da ganye yakan riƙe ruwa sosai, saboda haka ana amfani da shi wajen yayyafawa. A Bikin Ƙetarewa na farko an shafa jini a dogaran ƙofa da ƙunshin hizzob, a cikin Shari’a kuma ana amfani da hizzob don yayyafa ruwa a ayyukan tsarkakewa. A Yohanna 19:29 an kai soso na ruwan tsami a bakin Yesu a kan “sandan itacen hizzob”; Mattiyu da Markus sun ce “kara”. Karan marjoram ya yi kamar gajere don wannan, saboda haka bisa ga wani ra’ayi ana nufin wani tsiro mafi tsawo kamar dawa; bisa ga wani kuma, an ɗaure ƙunshin hizzob a jikin kara.