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title: יָשְׁפֶה — jasper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָשְׁפֶה (3471), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: jasper. BDB 1906: jasper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָשְׁפֶה

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«יָשְׁפֶה» 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:** 3471 · **BDB:** יָֽשְׁפֶה

### Glosses

a.jasper (2); jasper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jasper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3471/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

jasper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3471/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] jasper (loan-word from Pers. يَشْم; so Arabic يَشْبٌ Lane2978, also (and on forms يَشْفٌ, يَشْمٌ) Frey; perhaps Assyrian ašpû DlHA 36, HWB 147)—תַּרְשִׁישׁ וְשֹׁהַם וְיָֽשְׁפֵ֑ה Ex 28:20; 39:13 (both P) beryl and onyx and jasper (v. Di); וְיָֽשְׁפֶ֔ה (+ id.) Ez 28:13 (v. Sm).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָשְׁפֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3471/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.13/)

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וְהַטּוּר֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מֽוּסַבֹּ֛ת מִשְׁבְּצ֥וֹת זָהָ֖ב בְּמִלֻּאֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) fourth \[was\].a.chrysolite an.onyx and a.jasper \[they.were\].surrounded filigree.settings of.gold in settings their

*JPS 1917:* And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.

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[Exodus 28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.20/)

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וְהַטּוּר֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ וְשֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מְשֻׁבָּצִ֥ים זָהָ֛ב יִהְי֖וּ בְּמִלּוּאֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) fourth \[will.be\].a.chrysolite and an.onyx and a.jasper set gold they.will.be in settings their

*JPS 1917:* and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

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