אחלמה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Egyptian ḫnmt, a variant of Egyptian mḫnmt (“red jasper”). Note that Hebrew distinguished categorically between different colors of jasper.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]אַחְלָמָה • (ʾaḥlāmā) f
- red jasper [Biblical]
- amethyst [Modern, erroneous]
References
[edit]- Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 11 אַחְלָמָה ʾaḥlāmā—Red Jasper". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_012
- Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187