Simon says: "Let's meet the Oriental hyacinth" also known as Shoshannat Ha'Amakim: the Biblical "Lily of the Valleys"

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The Oriental hyacinth"

When King Solomon wrote in Song of Songs, "I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys" (2:1), what flower was he describing?

The Hebrew term שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים (Shoshannat Ha'Amakim) literally translates to "lily of the valleys" - but here's the twist: it wasn't a European lily at all.

Botanists & biblical scholars now widely identify this sweet-scented flower with either the wild narcissus (Narcissus tazetta) or the oriental hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), native to the hills & valleys of ancient Israel

The Oriental hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) is intensely fragrant, with bell-shaped blue or purple flowers blooming in February, matching the biblical description

Today, the name lives on in Shoshanat HaAmakim, a community settlement in central Israel, established in 1951, carrying forward the ancient poetry of the land

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