נופך

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Egyptian mfkꜣt (“turquoise”). Doublet of פּוּךְ, probably meaning malachite.

Noun

נֹפֶךְ • (nófekh) m

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) a kind of gemstone; further details are uncertain.

References

  1. Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 6 ‮נֹפֶךְ‬ Nōp̄eḵ—Turquoise". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_007
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