שבו

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Akkadian šubû (“agate”), from Sumerian šuba (“multicolored”).

Noun

שְׁבוֹ • (šəḇō) ?

1. agate

References

• Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 10 ‮שְׁבוֹ‬ Šəḇō—Agate". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_011