Lexical Summary chashmal: perhaps amber Original Word: חַשְׁמַלTransliteration: chashmal Phonetic Spelling: (khash-mal') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: perhaps amber Meaning: bronze, polished spectrum metal Strong's Concordance amber Of uncertain derivation; probably bronze or polished spectrum metal -- amber. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2830. chashmal חַשְׁמַל noun [masculine] etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q. v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, ᵐ5 ἤλεκτρον (see Liddell & Scott under the word 2), ᵑ9 electrum; see also Dl in BaerEzech. xii; only in the combination ח ׳כְּעֵין like the appearance of ׳ח Ezekiel 1:4, 27; הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה בְּעֵין 8:2 (on ending הָ֯ see Ges§ 90, 2 R a; Co strike out) |
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