שֹׁהַם
Used: 11 times · Key: 7718 · BDB: שֹׁ֫הַם
Glosses
of.onyx (4); onyx (3); an.onyx (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
a gem tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Jb 28:16 a gem, identif. dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus RiHWB 2, 336 f. onyx TaylorHast. DB iii. 624, beryl RidgewayEncy. Bib. 545 malachite Myresib. 4808, etc.; cf. also Dr Gn 2:12 (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, cf. Assyrian sâmtu DlWB 438);—אֶבֶן הַשּׁ׳ Gn 2:12 (J; + הַבְּדֹלַח), in land Ḥavilah; אַבְנֵי שׁ׳ Ex 25:7; 28:9; 35:9, 27; 39:6 (all P), 1 Ch 29:2; אֶבֶן om. Ez 28:13; Ex 28:20; 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); שׁ׳ יָקָר וְסַפִּיר Jb 28:16.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שֹׁהַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
לֹֽא־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃
Word for word: not it.will.be.paid in.(the) gold of.Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire
JPS 1917: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
אַבְנֵי־שֹׁ֕הַם וְאַבְנֵ֖י מִלֻּאִ֑ים לָאֵפֹ֖ד וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃
Word for word: stones of.onyx and stones of.setting(s) for the ephod and for the breastpiece
JPS 1917: onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
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