BDB332 [H306]

אַחְלָ֑מָה noun feminine perhaps amethyst (etymology dubious; below חלם Thes q. v.; HalJAs 7, x. 426 from חלם être fort, solide; Di Kn compare Talmud חַלְמִית, malva & think of green malachite; DlHA 36 N derived from Aramaic land A—lamû), amethyst according to ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Josephus; see also LagGGA 1884, 285, but compare Di; one of the gems on the ephod Exod 28:19; Exod 39:12.


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