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History. The Hebrews obtained gemstones from the Middle East, India, and Egypt. [1] At the time of the Exodus, the Bible states that the Israelites took gemstones with them ( Book of Exodus, iii, 22; xii, 35–36). When they were settled in the Land of Israel, they obtained gemstones from the merchant caravans travelling from Babylonia or ...
Explanations of the symbolic meaning of the jewels generated a great deal of both Jewish and Christian writing and were a staple component of the tradition of lapidaries or books on gemology. The jewel stones are as follows (the first item in each row is probably the right-hand side, as Hebrew is a right to left script):
Urim (אוּרִים ) traditionally has been taken to derive from a root meaning "lights"; these derivations are reflected in the Neqqudot of the Masoretic Text. [3] In consequence, Urim and Thummim has traditionally been translated as "lights and perfections" (by Theodotion, for example), or, by taking the phrase allegorically, as meaning "revelation and truth" or "doctrine and truth."
Lapidary (text) A lapidary is a text in verse or prose, often a whole book, that describes the physical properties and virtues of precious and semi-precious stones, that is to say, a work on gemology. [1] It was frequently used as a medical textbook since it also comprises practical information about each stone's medical application.
Solomon's shamir. In the Gemara, the shamir ( Hebrew: שָׁמִיר šāmīr) is a worm or a substance that had the power to cut through or disintegrate stone, iron and diamond. King Solomon is said to have used it in the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem in place of cutting tools. For the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem ...
Altar (Bible) Altars ( Hebrew: מִזְבֵּחַ, mīzbēaḥ, "a place of slaughter or sacrifice") [1] in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of earth ( Exodus 20:24) or unwrought stone ( 20:25 ). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places ( Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8 ). The first time the word altar is ...
Red zircon from Gilgit, Pakistan. Jacinth (/ ˈ dʒ æ s ɪ n θ /, / ˈ dʒ eɪ s ɪ n θ /) or hyacinth (/ ˈ h aɪ. ə s ɪ n θ /) is a yellow-red to red-brown variety of zircon used as a gemstone.. In Exodus 28:19, one of the precious stones set into the hoshen (the breastplate worn by the High Priest of Israel) is called, in Hebrew, leshem, which is often translated into English as ...
For the band, see 12 Stones. The Twelve Stones ( Hebrew: מצבות, romanized : maṣṣəwoṯ) are steles, a common form of marking a spectacular religious event in the days of Kingdom of Judah before the time of King Josiah ( Deuteronomy 27:1–8 ). [1] According to the Bible, the steles were specifically placed in a circle at Gilgal, where ...