פטדה

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Greek τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”), borrowed from a native African language. According to Russian Jewish Encyclopedia, translated as topaz, probably influenced by Russian Bible translations. The original meaning, however, is probably peridot.

Noun

פִּטְדָה‬ • (piṭḏā) f (plural indefinite פִּטְדוֹת, singular construct פִּטְדַת־)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Uncertain kind of gemstone

References

  1. Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 4 ‮פִּטְדָה‬ Piṭḏā—Peridot". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_005
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