אַחְלָמָה
ʼachlâmâh · H306 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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(Semi-)Precious stone of a purple color (amethyst (?), jasper (?))
ExamplesExodus 28:19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
Exodus 39:12 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀμέθυστος améthystos · G271 · amethyst
- Greek ἀμέθυστος is the direct translational equivalent of Hebrew אַחְלָמָה, both denoting the purple quartz gemstone amethyst.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Gemstones001003001001009
- אַחְלָמָה names the amethyst, one of the precious stones set in the third row of the priestly breastpiece.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H306. achlamah אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם…
אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N derived from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Josephus; see also LagGGA 1884, 285, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exo 28:19; Exo 39:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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