Strong's Lexicon

H2830

H2830 — חַשׁמַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchashmalnoun mascOccurrences: 3TWOT: 7701

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2830
Word:	חַשׁמַל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	of uncertain derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	chashmal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khash-mal'
Meaning:	1. probably bronze or polished spectrum metal
KJV Renderings:	amber.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3225

חַשְׁמַל noun [masculine] etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance; AV amber; supposed by Thes (q. v.) and most to be a brilliant amalgam of gold and silver, ᵐ5 ἤλεκτρον (see Liddell & Scott under the word 2), ᵑ9 electrum; see also Dl in Baer^{Ezech. xii}; only in the combination ׳ כְּעֵין ח like the appearance of ׳ ח Ezek 1:4; Ezek 1:27 בְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַ֑לָה Ezek 8:2 (on ending הָ֯ see Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 R a; Co strike out)

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חשמל (ghash-mal’)

Ezekiel 1:4

KJV: And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.infolding…: Heb. catching itself

EHCC: 85 the colour of amber,

Ezekiel 27:1

KJV: The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

EHCC: saw as the colour of amber,

Ezekiel 8:2

KJV: Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

EHCC: ns the colour of amber.