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Sapphire Stone סַפִּיר
We are in chapter twenty-four of Exodus with our word for today. סַפִּיר lapis-lazuli, sapphire, sapphire stone. It is used 11 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used once in the sense of an uncut sapphire stone raw material. Job 28:5-6 As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire. Its stones are the place of סַפִּ֥יר sapphires, and it has dust of gold. The rest of the uses of our word are in the sense of a precious stone that has been cut for use in jewelry or other purposes. Sapphire is a transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a…
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