Lexical Definition

‎נֶזֶם‎ nezem (neh'-zem) ring ^H:N-M
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

earring, jewel.

• a nose-ring

1) ring, nose ring, earring
1a) nose ring (woman's ornament)
1b) earring (ornament of men or women)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫זֶם‎ noun masculine^{Job 42:11} ring, always of gold when material mentioned; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Gen 24:30 +; construct vGen 24:22 +; suffix ‎נִזְמָהּ‎ Hos 2:15* plural ‎נְזָמִים‎Gen 35:4 construct ‎נִזְמֵי‎ Exod 32:2 +; —

1. nose-ring (Syriac ) woman's ornament, ‎עַלאַֿפָּהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 24:47 compare vGen 24:22 vGen 24:30 (J); ‎נִזְמֵי הָאָף‎ Isa 3:21 (|| ‎טַבַּ֫עַת‎ seal-ring); perhaps also Hos 2:15*; Ezek 16:12 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s adorning Jerusalem (|| ‎עֲגִילִים עַלאָֿזְנַיִךְ‎); compare ‎בְּאַף חֲזִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Prov 11:22.

2. earring ornament of men and women, Gen 35:4, ‎אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ so Exod 32:2; Exod 32:3 (all E); compare Prov 25:12 (in simile of wise reprover), and perhaps Exod 35:22 (P; || ‎טַבַּ֫עַת‎); probably also Judg 8:24 (twice in verse); Judg 8:25; Judg 8:26 (of men, compare GFM), Job 42:11. — compare further Gei^{Jüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff.} RS^{Semitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453}; also ref, below ‎נור‎.

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