סַמְפִּירִינוֹן, (σαπφείρινον) sapphir-like; in gen. (= lapis sapphirinus) sapphire, lapislazuli (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Sapphir). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 26 ושל סמ׳ היו וכ׳ and they (the tablets) were lapislazuli, and yet they were like a light object in his hands; Cant. R. to V, 14 [read:] מעשה נסים היו של סנ׳ היו וכ׳ they were a miraculous work: they were of sapphire, and yet could be rolled up. Tanḥ. B’shall. 21 המטה של סמפר׳ היה the staff (of Moses) was of sapphire; Ex. R. s. 8. Pesik. ʿĂniya, p. 135ᵇ נאה כס׳ הזה beautiful like sapphire. Ib. סמפ י̇ר̇ו׳ (corr. acc.); Pesik. R. s. 32; (Lam. R. to IV, 7 סַפִּיר); a. fr.—Chald. Targ. Y. Deut. IV, 13. Ib. XXXIV, 12.