שוהם
Hebrew
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| שׁ־ה־ם (sh-h-m) |
Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from a form like *šuwahbu(m) meaning ‘the thing forced to be given’ = tribute from an Old South Arabian language spoken in Havilah. This would be an š-causative noun from the common Semitic root w-h-b ‘to give’ (see Sabaic 𐩥𐩠𐩨 whb "to give", Qatabanic 𐩥𐩠𐩨 whb "to give, grant").
Noun
[edit]שוהם / שֹׁהַם • (shóham) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]
- (mineralogy) onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz)
References
[edit]- Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 13 שֹׁהַם Šōham—Onyx". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_014
- H7718 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “שוהם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
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שוהם_(אבן_חן) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
