H5141

נֶ֫זֶם

ne.zemH:N-M

ring

1) ring, nose ring, earring 1a) nose ring (woman's ornament) 1b) earring (ornament of men or women)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נֶ֫זֶם noun masculine^{Job 42:11} ring, always of gold when material mentioned; — ׳נ absolute Gen 24:30 +; construct vGen 24:22 +; suffix נִזְמָהּ Hos 2:15 plural נְזָמִיםGen 35:4 construct נִזְמֵי Exod 32:2 +; —

1. nose-ring (Syriac ) woman's ornament, עַלאַֿפָּהּ ׳נ Gen 24:47 compare vGen 24:22 vGen 24:30 (J); נִזְמֵי הָאָף Isa 3:21 (|| טַבַּ֫עַת seal-ring); perhaps also Hos 2:15; Ezek 16:12 figurative of ׳י's adorning Jerusalem (|| עֲגִילִים עַלאָֿזְנַיִךְ); compare בְּאַף חֲזִיר ׳נ Prov 11:22.

2. earring ornament of men and women, Gen 35:4, אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם ׳נ so Exod 32:2; Exod 32:3 (all E); compare Prov 25:12 (in simile of wise reprover), and perhaps Exod 35:22 (P; || טַבַּ֫עַת); probably also Judg 8:24 (twice in verse); Judg 8:25; Judg 8:26 (of men, compare GFM), Job 42:11. — compare further Gei^{Jüd. Zeltaschr. x (1872), 45 ff.} RS^{Semitic i. 434, 2d ed. 453}; also ref, below נור.

15 occurrences

Genesis (4), Exodus (3), Judges (3), Job (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1)