אַחְלָמָה

«אַחְלָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: amethyst — 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: 2 times · Key: 306 · BDB: אַחְלָ֑מָה

Glosses

an.amethyst (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

amethyst tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. amethyst tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. perhaps amethyst (etym. dub.; sub חלם Thes q.v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn comp. Talm. חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N der. from Aramaic land Aḫamû), amethyst according to 𝔊 𝔙 Josephus; v. also LagGGA 1884, 285, but cf. Di; one of the gems on the ephod Ex 28:19; 39:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «אַחְלָמָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 28:19

וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

Word for word: and the row (the) third [will.be].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

JPS 1917: and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Exodus 39:12

וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לֶ֥שֶׁם שְׁב֖וֹ וְאַחְלָֽמָה׃

Word for word: and the row (the) third [was].a.jacinth an.agate and an.amethyst

JPS 1917: And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

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