Lexicon chashmal: perhaps amber Original Word: חַשְׁמַלPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chashmal Phonetic Spelling: (khash-mal') Short Definition: metal NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionperhaps amber NASB Translationglowing metal (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חַשְׁמַל noun [masculine] etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q. v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, ᵐ5 ἤλεκτρον (see Liddell & Scott under the word 2), ᵑ9 electrum; see also Dl in BaerEzech. xii; only in the combination ׳כְּעֵין ח like the appearance of ׳ח Ezekiel 1:4,27; בְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה Ezekiel 8:2 (on ending הָ֯ see Ges§ 90, 2 R a; Co strike out)
Strong's amber Of uncertain derivation; probably bronze or polished spectrum metal -- amber. |
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