Yashpeh
/ˈjɑːʃ.peɪ/noun
A Biblical Hebrew name for a precious stone, conventionally identified with jasper.
Did you know?Yashpeh is listed among the twelve stones on the High Priest’s breastplate, where each gem represented one of the tribes of Israel.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יָשְׁפֵה (yāšpēh)
“A precious or semiprecious stone mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Septuagint Greek
ἴασπις (íaspis)
“Jasper; the Greek translation traditionally used for the Hebrew stone name.”
Classical Latin
Latin
iaspis
“Jasper, a colored ornamental stone.”
12th–13th Century
Old French
jaspe
“Jasper, borrowed through medieval Latin.”
14th Century
English
jasper
“A hard, opaque, often multicolored variety of chalcedony.”
Modern English
English
Yashpeh
“A scholarly transliteration of the Biblical Hebrew gemstone name, usually equated with jasper.”