Lexical Definition

‎שָׁמִיר‎ shâmîyr (shaw-meer') thorn ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁמַר‎ in the original sense of pricking

adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

• a thorn
• also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond

1) thorn(s), adamant, flint
1a) thorns, thorn-bushes
1b) adamant (as sharp)
1c) a sharp stone, flint
1c1) perhaps a diamond

See Greek: ὕλη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שָׁמִיר‎ noun masculine: Ezek 3:9 thorn(s), adamant, flint; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 5:6 +; suffix ‎שְׁמִירוֺ‎ Isa 10:17 —

1. collective thorns, thorn-bushes, token of waste-land, only Isaiah, + ‎שַׁיִת‎ Isa 5:6; Isa 7:23; Isa 7:24; Isa 7:25; Isa 27:4 figurative Isa 9:17*; Isa 10:17 ‎׳‎‎קוֺץ שׁ‎ Isa 32:13.

2. adamant, as sharp, ‎כְּתוּבָה ֗֗֗ בְּצִפֹּרֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Jer 17:1 (|| ‎בְּעֵט בַּדְוֶל‎); as hard, figurative of prophet's firmness Ezek 3:9; Zech 7:12 figurative of hard heart.

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