נֹפֶךְ

no.phekh

emerald

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Strong’s H5306Noun, masculine4 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Exodus2

Ezekiel2

Translated as

turquoise2

will be a turquoise1

was a turquoise1

In the text

Exodus 28:18נֹפֶךְ
in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Ezekiel 27:16בְּנֹפֶךְ
Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נֹ֫פֶךְ n.[m.] a precious stone which Tyre gained by trade Ez 27:16 (where נ׳ doubted by Berthol, queried by Toy Hpt), cf 28:13 (symbol. of wealth and honour of king of Tyre); in high priest’s breast-piece Ex 28:18 39:11. Perh. = ruby or carbuncle 𝔊 Joseph. ἄνθραξ, 𝔙 carbunculus, cf. Di Ex, Kau Ex, Sgfr Ezek, Co Berthol; 𝔗 AV emerald.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.