לֶשֶׁם

«לֶשֶׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: gem — 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: 3958 · BDB: לֶשֶׁם

Glosses

[was].a.jacinth (1); [will.be].a.jacinth (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gem tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] a precious stone in h. p.’s breast-plate Ex 28:19; 39:12 (√ and meaning dub.; 𝔊 λιγύριον, JosephAnt. iii, 7, 5 λίγυρος, 𝔙 ligurius, and this (= λυγκούριον, lyncurion?) compared with carbuncle PlinNH viii. 57 (38); identif. with amber Demostratus in PlinNH xxxvii.11(2), or with jacinth (Rev 21:20) Braunde Vest. Sacerd. ii. 14 WinerRWB i. 332; cf. further, Di Ex 28:19).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לֶשֶׁם» 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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