Hebrew word · H3471

יָֽשְׁפֶה

veyashepeh

jasper

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

jasper (a precious stone)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Exodus · 2

  1. Exodus 28:20 וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה and a jasper

    and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.

  2. Exodus 39:13 וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה and a jasper

    and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

Ezekiel · 1

  1. Ezekiel 28:13 וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה and jasper

    You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

    Here: A loanword shared with Akkadian (yashpu) and Greek (iaspis), so 'jasper' is one of the safer identifications, though ancient 'jasper' covered several stones.

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