Lexical Summary achlamah: amethyst Original Word: אַחְלָמָהTransliteration: achlamah Phonetic Spelling: (akh-law'-maw) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: amethyst Meaning: a gem, the amethyst Strong's Concordance amethyst Perhaps from chalam (and thus dream-stone); a gem, probably the amethyst -- amethyst. see HEBREW chalam Brown-Driver-Briggs H306. achlamah אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N derived from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Josephus; see also LagGGA 1884, 285, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exodus 28:19; 39:12. |
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