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is the representative in the A.V. of the following terms in the original: ðֶæֶí (ne'zem,, a ring), a nose-ring (Pro_11:22; Isa_3:21; Eze_16:12; everywhere else rendered “earring,” Gen_24:22; Gen_24:30; Gen_24:47; see Jerome on Ezekiel ad loc.; Hartmann's Hebraerin, 2, 166; 3, 205), or an earring (Gen_35:4; Exo_32:2-3); elsewhere without specifying the part of the person on which it was worn (Jdg_8:24-26; Exo_35:32; Job 42, 51; Pro_25:12; Hos_2:15). çֲìַé (chali', so called as being polished), a necklace or trinket (Son_7:1; “ornament,” Pro_25:12), and çֶìְéָä (chelyah', fern. of precedo), a necklace or female ornament (Hos_2:13). ëְּìַé (keli', an implement or vessel of any kind), an article of silver ware or other precious material (Gen_1:24-31; Exo_3:22; Exo_11:2; Exo_12:35; Num_26:50-51; 1Sa_6:8; 1Sa_6:15; Job_28:17; Pro_20:15), or ally elegant trappings or piece of finery in dress (Isa_61:10; Eze_16:7; Eze_16:39; Eze_23:16), elsewhere rendered “vessel,” etc. , ñַâֻìָּä (segullah', property), wealth or treasure (Mal_3:17; elsewhere usually “peculiar treasure,” Exo_19:5; Psa_135:4, etc.). SEE DRESS; SEE PRECIOUS STONE; etc.