ישפה

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Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒅀𒀸𒁍 (/⁠yašpû⁠/, name of a stone), ultimately a foreign loan from an unknown source; cognate with Persian یشپ (yašp) and English jasper.

Pronunciation

Noun

ישפה (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. jasper

References

  • yšph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press