Lexical Definition

‎שֹׁהַם‎ shôham (sho'-ham) onyx ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably mean to blanch

onyx.

• a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)

1) a precious stone or gem
1a) probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite

See Greek: σάρδιος · σμάραγδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שֹׁ֫הַם‎ noun masculine^{Job 28:16} a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus Ri^{HWB 2, 336 f.}, onyx Taylor^{Hast. DB iii. 624,} beryl Ridgeway^{Ency. Bib. 545,} malachite Myres^{ib. 4808, etc}.; compare also Dr^{Gen 2:12} (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu Dl^{WB 488}); — ‎׳‎‎אֶבֶן הַשּׁ‎ Gen 2:12 (J; +‎הַבְּדֹלַח‎), in land „avilah; ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵי שׁ‎ Exod 25:7; Exod 28:9; Exod 35:9; Exod 35:27; Exod 39:6 (all P), 1Chr 29:2 ‎אֶבֶן‎ omitted Ezek 28:13; Exod 28:20; Exod 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); ‎יָקָר וְסַפִּיר‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 28:16.

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