לשם

See also: ל־ שם

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian nšmt (“amazonite”).

Noun

לֶשֶׁם • (léshem) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. amazonite, green feldspar
   • Exodus 28:19 and 39:12,

     וְהַטּוּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לֶשֶׁם שְׁבוֹ וְאַחְלָמָה.

     V'hatur hash'lishi leshem sh'vo v'achlama.

     And the third row: [leshem], [sh'vo], and [achlama].

References

• Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 9 ‮לֶשֶׁם‬‎ Lešem—Amazonite". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_010
• H3958 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• משל
• שלם