Lexical Definition

‎שָׁשַׁר‎ shâshar (shaw-shar') vermilion ^H:N-M
perhaps from the base of ‎שָׁרַר‎ in the sense of that of ‎שָׂרֻק‎

vermillion.

• red ochre (from its piercing color)

1) red colour, vermilion
1a) formerly gained from 'kermes' insect

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁשֵׁר‎] noun [masculine] red colour, vermilion (etymology unknown); — vermilion, formerly gained from kermes insect (vermiculus): ‎מָשׁוֺחַ בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר‎ Jer 22:14 (ᵐ5μίλτος, red ochre; ᵑ7 sinopis [from city Sinopis, whence the colour came Plin^{NH xxxv. [6] 13}], compare Thatcher^{DB COLOURS} Canney^EB1D.); ‎חֲקֻקִים בַּשָּׁשַׁ֑ר‎ Ezek 23:14. [‎שָׁת‎], I. ‎שֵׁת‎ see ‎שׁית‎. II. ‎שֵׁת‎ see ‎שֵׁאת‎ below I. [‎שׁאה‎]. III. ‎שֵׁת‎ see II. ‎שׁתה‎.

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