Original Language Studio
Ezekiel 3:9
“As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁמִירshâmîyr · shaw-meer'
H8068 · Hebrew
H8068 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
- Derivation
- from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking;
- KJV renderings
- adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- שָׁמִ֛יר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Isaiah 5:6Isaiah 7:23Isaiah 7:24Isaiah 7:25Isaiah 9:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.