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title: אַחְלָמָה — amethyst · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחְלָמָה (306), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: amethyst. BDB 1906: n.f. amethyst. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחְלָמָה

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«אַחְלָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **amethyst** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 306 · **BDB:** אַחְלָ֑מָה

### Glosses

an.amethyst (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

amethyst [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/306/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. amethyst [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/306/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. perhaps amethyst (etym. dub.; sub חלם Thes q.v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn comp. Talm. חַלְמִית, malva \& think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N der. from Aramaic land Aḫamû), amethyst according to 𝔊 𝔙 Josephus; v. also LagGGA 1884, 285, but cf. Di; one of the gems on the ephod Ex 28:19; 39:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחְלָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/306/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.19/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) third \[will.be\].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

*JPS 1917:* and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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[Exodus 39:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.12/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) third \[was\].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

*JPS 1917:* And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

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