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ʾaḥlāmā אַחְלָ֑מָה ‘amethyst’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from ḥālam חָלַם ‘be healthy / to dream’ (meaning dream-stone)
Roots: חלם

ʾaḥlāmā n, f
1) amethyst, a gem in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest. Transliteration of the Septuagint word. Identification is not certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.

Mentioned in Exodus 28:19, 39:12

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