אחלמה
'achlâmâh
akh-law'-maw
Perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream stone); a gem, probably the amethyst
KJV Usage: amethyst.
אחלמה
'achlâmâh
akh-law'-maw
Perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream stone); a gem, probably the amethyst
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
אחלמה
1. amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
Origin: perhaps from H2492 (and thus dream-stone)
TWOT: 67b
Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine
- אַחְלָ֑מָה
- ach.la.mah
- H:N-F
- amethyst
- 1) amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.