H3958

H3958 — לֶשֶׁם

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Hebrewleshemnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1130

Definition / Gloss

leshem (leh'-shem) n-m. 1. a gem, perhaps the jacinth [from an unused root of uncertain meaning] KJV: ligure.

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KJV Renderings

ligure.

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I. לֶ֫שֶׁם noun [masculine] a precious stone in high priest's breast-plate Exod 28:19; Exod 39:12 (√ and meaning dubious; ᵐ5 λιγύριον, Joseph^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:7»iii. 7}, 5 λίγυρος, ᵑ9 ligurius, and this (= λυγκούριον, lyncurion ?) compared with carbuncle Plin^{NH viii. 57 (38)}; identification with amber Demostratus in Plin^{NH xxxvii 11(2)}, or with jacinth (Rev 21:20) Braun^{De Vest. Sacerd. ii.
14} Winer^{RWBi. 332}; compare further, Di^{Exod 28:19}).