Lexical Definition

‎סֶמֶל‎ çemel (seh'-mel) idol ^H:N-M
or סֵמֶל çêmel (say'-mel); from an unused root meaning to resemble

figure, idol, image.

• a likeness

1) image, statue, idol

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סֶ֫מֶל‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 8:5} perhaps originally proper name, of divinity, then generally image, statue (Phoenician ‎סמל‎ id., feminine ‎סמלת‎, Lzb^{151, 329}, also ‎פנסמלת‎ Id³²⁹; Bau^{Rel. i. 88} understands ‎׳‎‎ס‎ to be designation of foreign god); — absolute ‎׳‎‎הַסּ‎ 2Chr 33:7; 2Chr 33:15, ‎סָ֑מֶל‎ Deut 4:16 construct ‎סֵ֫מֶל‎ Ezek 8:3; Ezek 8:5 — image, figure of anything, ‎׳‎‎פֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כָּלסֿ‎ Deut 4:16 idol-image ‎׳‎‎פֶּסֶל הַסּ‎ 2Chr 33:7 and (‎פֶּסֶל‎ omitted) v2Chr 33:15 ‎סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה‎ Ezek 8:3 the statue of jealousy, i.e. that rouses ‎׳‎‎י‎'s jealousy, = vEzek 8:5.

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