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title: שֹׁהַם — a gem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁהַם (7718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: a gem. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁהַם

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«שֹׁהַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a gem** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7718 · **BDB:** שֹׁ֫הַם

### Glosses

of.onyx (4); onyx (3); an.onyx (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a gem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 28:16 a gem, identif. dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus RiHWB 2, 336 f. onyx TaylorHast. DB iii. 624, beryl RidgewayEncy. Bib. 545 malachite Myresib. 4808, etc.; cf. also Dr Gn 2:12 (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, cf. Assyrian sâmtu DlWB 438);—אֶבֶן הַשּׁ׳ Gn 2:12 (J; + הַבְּדֹלַח), in land Ḥavilah; אַבְנֵי שׁ׳ Ex 25:7; 28:9; 35:9, 27; 39:6 (all P), 1 Ch 29:2; אֶבֶן om. Ez 28:13; Ex 28:20; 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); שׁ׳ יָקָר וְסַפִּיר Jb 28:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁהַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.16/)

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לֹֽא־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* not it.will.be.paid in.(the) gold of.Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire

*JPS 1917:* It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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[Exodus 25:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.7/)

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אַבְנֵי־שֹׁ֕הַם וְאַבְנֵ֖י מִלֻּאִ֑ים לָאֵפֹ֖ד וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃

*Word for word:* stones of.onyx and stones of.setting(s) for the ephod and for the breastpiece

*JPS 1917:* onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

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