STRONGS NUMBER H5601

H5601. sappir

סַמִּיר‎ noun [masculine] sapphire, perhaps also lapis lazuli (compare Di^{Exodus 24:10} Now^{Archaeology i. 131}) (Late Hebrew id., and סַמְמִּירִינוֺן‎; סַמִּרִינוֺן ᵑ7‎; ᵑ6‎ ; loan-word from Sanskrit canipriya according to Lag^{Ges. Abh. 72} Lewy^{Fremdw. 56} compare Greek σάπφειρος); — absolute ׳ס‎ 24:10 8t.; pluralסַמִּירִים‎ Isaiah 54:11; Song of Solomon 5:14; — with other jewels as ornaments of prince Ezekiel 28:13; in high priest's breastplate Exodus 28:18; 39:11; found in mines Job 28:6, costly 28:16 compare Isaiah 54:11; taking high polish Lamentations 4:7 (in figurative); סַמִּירִים מְעֻלֶּפֶת שֵׁן‎ Song of Solomon 5:14 ivory covered with sapphires (in figurative); lapis lazuli, according to Hi BU Du and others in Job 28:6 (לוֺ זָהָב עַפְרֹת‎ being understood of sparkling crystals of iron pyrites in this), but see Di; lapis lazuli may be intended in הַסּ ׳לִבְנַת‎ Exodus 24:10 (J) pavement of sapphire (in theoph.), compare ׳אֶבֶןסֿ‎ Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1.