Lexicon yahalom: (a precious stone) perhaps jasper or onyx Original Word: יַהֲלֹםPart of Speech: noun masculine Transliteration: yahalom Phonetic Spelling: (yah-hal-ome') Short Definition: diamond NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom halamDefinition(a precious stone) perhaps jasper or onyx NASB Translationdiamond (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs יַהֲלֹם noun [masculine] a precious stone, jasper ? (so ᵐ5 ᵑ9), or onyx? (compare Di Exodus 28:18) (apparently from v הלם; owing to its hardness, as able to smite, hammer?) — mentioned in lists of precious stones Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Ezekiel 28:13. Strong's diamond From halam (in the sense of hardness); a precious stone, probably onyx -- diamond. see HEBREW halam |
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