ספיר

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ספיר^¹

/saˈpir/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”) (spelled ṣipirtu in the dictionaries), whence the Semitic root *š-p-r. See the discussion in Ayil (2024) below.

Cognates include Ugaritic spr (“lapis lazuli”), Egyptian t̠frr(t) (“lapis lazuli”), Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “lapis lazuli”), and Sanskrit शनिप्रिय (śanipriya, “lapis lazuli”).

noun סַפִּיר · sapír · סַפִּירִים

countable sapphire (a clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone)
Biblical a kind of stone, probably lapis lazuli
anything shiny and expensive

proper noun סַפִּיר · sapír

a male or female given name, Sapir, equivalent to English Sapphire
a surname

ספיר^²

/saˈfir/

adjective סָפִיר · safír · סְפִירָה · סְפִירִים · סְפִירוֹת

countable, numerable

In English

sapphire gem

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ספיר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}