סַפִּיר noun [masculine] sapphire, perhaps also lapis lazuli (compare Di[Exod 24:10] NowArchaeology i. 131) (Late Hebrew id., and סַמְפִּירִינוֺן; ᵑ7 סַפִּרִינוֺן; ᵑ6 ; loan-word from Sanskrit canipriya according to LagGes. Abh. 72 LewyFremdw. 56 compare Greek σάπφειρος); — absolute ׳ס [Exod 24:10] + 8 t.; pluralסַפִּירִים [Isa 54:11]; [Song 5:14] — with other jewels as ornaments of prince [Ezek 28:13] in high priest's breastplate [Exod 28:18]; [Exod 39:11] found in mines [Job 28:6], costly [Job 28:16] compare [Isa 54:11] taking high polish [Lam 4:7] (in figurative); שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִים [Song 5:14] ivory covered with sapphires (in figurative); lapis lazuli, according to Hi BU Du and others in [Job 28:6] (עַפְרֹת זָהָב לוֺ being understood of sparkling crystals of iron pyrites in this), but see Di; lapis lazuli may be intended in ׳לִבְנַת הַסּ [Exod 24:10] (J) pavement of sapphire (in theoph.), compare ׳אֶבֶןסֿ [Ezek 1:26]; [Ezek 10:1].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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