H3958 - לֶשֶׁם (leshem)

H3958 לֶשֶׁם (leshem) leh'-shem

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a gem, perhaps the jacinth

KJV Usage: ligure

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לֶ֫שֶׁם (le.shem) — jacinth. 1) a precious stone 1a) a precious stone in the high priest's breast-plate 1a1) probably jacinth or ligure

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

לֶשֶׁם (H3958 · H3959)

noun m

Gemstones

jacinth = (semi-)precious stone of red or orange color; ◄ possibly variety of zircon: jacinth

EXO 28:19 · EXO 39:12

name

Names of Locations | ≈ דָּן · לַיִשׁ

Leshem = town, also known as Laish and Dan; ◄ located in northern Israel; ► first inhabited by Sidonians, but later conquered by Danites, who renamed it Dan after the founder of their tribe

JOS 19:47 · JOS 19:47

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לֶ֫שֶׁם m.[m.] a precious stone in h. p.’s breast-plate Ex 28:19 39:12 (√ and mng. dub.; 𝔊 λιγύριον, Joseph. iii. 7, 6 λίγυρος, 𝔙 ligurius) base