פטדה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Greek τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”), borrowed from a native African language. According to Russian Jewish Encyclopedia, translated as topaz, probably influenced by Russian Bible translations. The original meaning, however, is probably peridot.
Noun
[edit]פִּטְדָה • (piṭḏā) f (plural indefinite פִּטְדוֹת, singular construct פִּטְדַת־)
- (Biblical Hebrew) Uncertain kind of gemstone
References
[edit]- Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 4 פִּטְדָה Piṭḏā—Peridot". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_005