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# onyx

«onyx» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used as a gem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Onyx stones were set on the high priest's shoulders on the ephod, engraved with the names of the tribes, and a stone like it is named in Eden. Interpretation: Tradition says the names of Israel's tribes were carried on the onyx stones so the high priest bore the people before God.

### examples

- onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (Torah EXO.25.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/#x1)
- and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (Torah GEN.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/#x2)
- and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (Torah EXO.35.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/#x3)
- It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (Writings JOB.28.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/#x4)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.45/)
- [onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.707/)
- [And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.807/)
- [and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.818/)
- [and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1055/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «onyx» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onyx/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.