Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֶ֫זֶם noun masculineJob 42:11 ring, always of gold when material mentioned; —
׳נ absolute
Genesis 24:30 +; construct
Genesis 24:22 +; suffix
נִזְמָהּ Hosea 2:15; plural
נְזָמִיםGenesis 35:4; construct
נִזְמֵי Exodus 32:2 +; —
1 nose-ring (Syriac
) woman's ornament, עַלאַֿמָּהּ ׳נ Genesis 24:47 compare Genesis 24:22; Genesis 24:30 (J); נִזְמֵי הָאָף Isaiah 3:21 ("" טַבַּ֫עַת seal-ring); perhaps also Hosea 2:15; Ezekiel 16:12 figurative of ׳יs adorning Jerusalem ("" עֲגִילִים עַלאָֿזְנַיִךְ); compare בְּאַף חֲזִיר ׳נ Proverbs 11:22.
2 earring ornament of men and women, Genesis 35:4, אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם ׳נ so Exodus 32:2,3(all E); compare Proverbs 25:12 (in simile of wise reprover), and perhaps Exodus 35:22 (P; "" טַבַּ֫עַת); probably also Judges 8:24 (twice in verse); Judges 8:25,26 (of men, compare GFM), Job 42:11. — compare further GeiJüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff. RSSemitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453; also ref, below נור.