סַנְפִּרִ׳

סַמְפִּירִינוֹן, סַנְפִּי׳, סַמְפִּרִ׳, סַנְפִּרִ׳m. (σαπφείρινον) sapphir-like; in gen. (= lapis sapphirinus) sapphire, lapislazuli (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Sapphir). Tanḥ. KiThissa 26 ושל סמ׳ היווכ׳ and they (the tablets) were lapislazuli, and yet they were like a light object in his hands; Cant. R. to V, 14 (read:) מעשה נסים היו של סנ׳ היווכ׳ they were a miraculous work: they were of sapphire, and yet could be rolled up. Tanḥ. Bshall. 21 המטה של סמפר׳ היה the staff (of Moses) was of sapphire; Ex. R. s. 8. Pesik. ʿĂniya, p. 135b> נאה כס׳ הזה beautiful like sapphire. Ib. סמפ י̇ר̇ו̇׳ (corr. acc.); Pesik. R. s. 32; (Lam. R. to IV, 7 סַפִּיר); a. fr.Chald. Targ. Y. Deut. 4:13. Ib. 34:12.