onyx
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used as a gem. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Onyx stones were set on the high priest's shoulders on the ephod, engraved with the names of the tribes, and a stone like it is named in Eden. Interpretation: Tradition says the names of Israel's tribes were carried on the onyx stones so the high priest bore the people before God.
examples
- onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (Torah EXO.25.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (Torah GEN.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (Torah EXO.35.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (Writings JOB.28.16, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.
- and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Trees and pragmatics
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