לשם

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לשם

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Borrowed from Egyptian nšmt (“amazonite”). The King James Version translates this as ligure, and the Jewish Publication Society of America Version as jacinth.

noun לֶשֶׁם · léshem

Biblical A kind of stone Exodus 28:19 and 39:12, וְהַטּוּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לֶשֶׁם שְׁבוֹ וְאַחְלָמָה. V'hatur hash'lishi leshem sh'vo v'achlama. And the third row: [leshem], [sh'vo], and [achlama].

In English

thither to that place
opal a mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness

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MLA

"לשם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9D. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

לשם. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9D

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"לשם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9D.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {לשם},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}