שָׁמִיר m. (b. h.; שמר, cmp. סָמַר) [pointed,] thorn; flint, diamond; (in legend) shamir, a worm that cuts stones with its glance. Sot. IX, 12 משחרב … בטל הש׳ with the destruction of the Temple the shamir ceased to exist. Ib. 48ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XV, 1; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ; a. e.
שָׁמִיר
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שָׁמִיר m. (b. h.; שמר , cmp. סָמַר ) [ pointed, ] thorn; flint, diamond ; (in legend) shamir , a worm that cuts stones with its glance. Sot. IX, 12…
References
- Jastrow, סָמַר 1
- Mishnah Sotah 9:12
- Sotah 48b:14
- Tosefta Sotah 15:1