חַשְׁמַל

«חַשְׁמַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: shining — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 2830 · BDB: חַשְׁמַל

Glosses

(to (1); of.a.shining.substance (1); shining.substance (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

shining tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

amber tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] etym. and exact meaning dub.; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q.v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, 𝔊 ἤλεκτρον (v Liddell & Scott s. v. 2), 𝔙 electrum; v. also Dl in BaerEzech. xii; only in the combination כְּעֵין ח׳ like the appearance of ח׳ Ez 1:4, 27; כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה Ez 8:2 (on ending ה—ָ v. Ges§ 90 f; Co del.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חַשְׁמַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezekiel 1:4

וָאֵ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּה֩ ר֨וּחַ סְעָרָ֜ה בָּאָ֣ה מִן־הַצָּפ֗וֹן עָנָ֤ן גָּדוֹל֙ וְאֵ֣שׁ מִתְלַקַּ֔חַת וְנֹ֥גַֽהּ ל֖וֹ סָבִ֑יב וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּ כְּעֵ֥ין הַחַשְׁמַ֖ל מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵֽשׁ׃

Word for word: and I.saw and there! a.wind of.storm [was].coming from the north a.cloud great and fire flashing and brightness [belonged].to it all.around and.[was] from the.middle of.it like the.appearance of.(the) shining.substance from the.middle of the.fire

JPS 1917: And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the colour of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 8:2

וָאֶרְאֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה דְמוּת֙ כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֔שׁ מִמַּרְאֵ֥ה מָתְנָ֛יו וּלְמַ֖טָּה אֵ֑שׁ וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו וּלְמַ֔עְלָה כְּמַרְאֵה־זֹ֖הַר כְּעֵ֥ין הַחַשְׁמַֽלָה׃

Word for word: and I.saw and there! a.likeness like.[the] appearance of.fire [was].from the.appearance his.hips his and (to) downwards fire and.[was] from hips his and (to) upwards like.[the] appearance of.brightness like the.appearance of (to [the].shining.substance

JPS 1917: Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.

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