שֹׁהַם

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^{1 Mos 2,12} (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu Dl^{WB 488}); — ׳אֶבֶן הַשּׁ 1 Mos 2,12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land „avilah; ׳אַבְנֵי שׁ 2 Mos 25,7; 2 Mos 28,9; 2 Mos 35,9; 2 Mos 35,27; 2 Mos 39,6 (all P), 1 Kron 29,2 אֶבֶן omitted Ezk 28,13; 2 Mos 28,20; 2 Mos 39,13 (both P; all in lists of gems); יָקָר וְסַפִּיר ׳שׁ Job 28,16.