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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁשַׁר

שָׁשַׁר

H8350

Transliteration: shâshar

Pronunciation: shaw-shar'

Definition: vermillion


Original: שׁשׁר

Transliteration: shâshar

Phonetic: shaw-shar'

BDB Definition:

  1. red colour, vermilion
    1. formerly gained from 'kermes' insect

Origin: perhaps from the base of H8324" class="dictionary-topic-link">H8324 in the sense of that of H8320" class="dictionary-topic-link">H8320

TWOT entry: 2476

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine


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