שֹׁ֫הַם

I. שֹׁ֫הַם noun masculine^{Job 28:16} a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus Ri^{HWB 2, 336 f.}, onyx Taylor^{Hast. DB iii. 624,} beryl Ridgeway^{Ency. Bib. 545,} malachite Myres^{ib. 4808, etc}.; compare also Dr^{Gen 2:12} (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu Dl^{WB 488}); — ׳אֶבֶן הַשּׁ Gen 2:12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land „avilah; ׳אַבְנֵי שׁ Exod 25:7; Exod 28:9; Exod 35:9; Exod 35:27; Exod 39:6 (all P), 1Chr 29:2 אֶבֶן omitted Ezek 28:13; Exod 28:20; Exod 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); יָקָר וְסַפִּיר ׳שׁ Job 28:16.