STRONGS NUMBER H5566

H5566. semel

סֶ֫מֶל‎ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 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 ׳הַסּ‎2 Chronicles 33:7, 15, סָ֑מֶל‎ Deuteronomy 4:16; construct סֵ֫מֶל‎ Ezekiel 8:3, 5; — image, figure of anything, כָּלסֿ תְּמוּנַת ׳מֶּסֶל‎ Deuteronomy 4:16; idol-image הַסּ ׳מֶּסֶל‎2 Chronicles 33:7 and (מֶּסֶל‎ omitted) 33:15; הַקִּנְאָה סֵמֶל‎ Ezekiel 8:3 the statue of jealousy, i.e. that rouses ׳י‎'s jealousy, = 8:5.

סמם‎ (√ of following; meaning dubious; if akin to Arabic smell Lane¹⁵⁹³, any fragrant plant Id¹⁵⁹⁴, then ס‎ must be for שׂ‎; in that case ׳ס‎ perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Late Hebrew id., spice, drug (Ecclus ׳שׂ‎ Ecclesiasticus 38:4 m.), Aramaic סַמָּא‎ id.; drug, pigment; Arabic poison is apparently loan-word Frä²⁶²).