Lexical Definition

‎חַשְׁמַל‎ chashmal (khash-mal') amber ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

amber.

• probably bronze or polished spectrum metal

1) a shining substance, amber or electrum or bronze (uncertain)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַשְׁמַל‎ noun [masculine] etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q. v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, ᵐ5 ἤλεκτρον (see Liddell & Scott under the word 2), ᵑ9 electrum; see also Dl in Baer^{Ezech. xii}; only in the combination ‎׳‎‎כְּעֵין ח‎ like the appearance of ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 1:4; Ezek 1:27 ‎בְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה‎ Ezek 8:2 (on ending ‎הָ֯‎ see Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 R a; Co strike out)

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