Midvash

חַשְׁמַלchashmal

ᵑ9, etymology and exact meaning dubious; evidently some shining substance (Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 1:27; Ezekiel 8:2)

Pronunciation: khash-mal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2830

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ezekiel 1:4 As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.
  • Ezekiel 1:27 From what appeared to be his waist up, he looked like gleaming amber, flickering like a fire. And from his waist down, he looked like a burning flame, shining with splendor.
  • Ezekiel 8:2 I saw a figure that appeared to be a man. From what appeared to be his waist down, he looked like a burning flame. From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).