* I beheld.
1:4,26,27 Da 7:9,10 Re 1:14,15
* amber.
Amber is a hard, inflammable, bituminous substance, of a
beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of
an exquisite polish. When rubbed it is highly endowed with
electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its
Greek name [elektron.] But, as amber becomes dim as soon as
it feels the fire, and is speedily consumed, it is probable
that the original {chashmal,} which Bochart derives from the
Chaldee {nechash,} copper, and {melala,} gold, was a mixed
metal, similar to that which the Greeks called [elektron,]
electrum, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, from its resemblance
to amber in colour.
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