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שָׁמִיר   n.m.  flint, adamant; stone-cutting worm


  hard flint  JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.

  the shamir: a legendary (?) worm that cuts stone [based on an interpretation of Ezek 3:9]  JLAtg, JBA, LJLA.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 557b; DJBA: 1158a; Jastrow: 1596; Levy Ch-W: 2:495;

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