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title: יַהֲלֹם — jasper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַהֲלֹם (3095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: jasper. BDB 1906: jasper? onyx?. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַהֲלֹם

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«יַהֲלֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **jasper** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3095 · **BDB:** יַהֲלֹם

### Glosses

an.emerald (2); emerald (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jasper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

jasper? onyx? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a precious stone, jasper? (so 𝔊 𝔙), or onyx? (cf. Di Ex 28:18) (appar. from √ הלם; owing to its hardness, as able to smite, hammer?)—mentioned in lists of precious stones Ex 28:18; 39:11 Ez 28:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַהֲלֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.18/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) second \[will.be\].a.turquoise a.sapphire and an.emerald

*JPS 1917:* and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;

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[Exodus 39:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.11/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) second \[was\].a.turquoise a.sapphire and an.emerald

*JPS 1917:* And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.

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