בָּרֶקֶת
bareket · emerald
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1304 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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bareket (בָּרֶקֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “emerald”.
A shining precious stone, perhaps emerald.
How to say it
ba·re·ket
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A gleaming precious stone, perhaps green.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Exodus 28:17
You shall fill it with a setting of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald shall be the first row;
- Exodus 39:10
And they filled it with four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald, the first row;
- Ezekiel 28:13
In Eden, the garden of Elohim, you were; every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, and gold; the work of your tambourines and of your settings was in you; on the day you were created they were prepared.