In this day and age it is easy to find out....

Mur is how it is pronounced.

I knew before I checked that it was another of those incense or
spices of the Red Sea region. A look see reveals:

An aromatic gum resin obtained from several trees and shurbs of the
genus Myrrhis or Commiphora, found in India, Arabia and eastern Africa.

On Dec 22, 2006, at 4:29 PM, joel walker wrote:

>
> does ANYbody know exactly what "myrrh" is?
> or how it's pronounced??
>
> sounds like a cat purring.