Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
amethyst
NASB Translation
amethyst (2), GOD (1).

אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; Hal^{JAs 7, x. 426} from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; Dl^{HA 36 N derived} from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Josephus; see also Lag^{GGA 1884, 285}, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exodus 28:19; Exodus 39:12.

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