שָׁמִיר ², flint. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 13 (h. text חלמיש). Targ. Ps. CXIV, 8. Targ. Job XXVIII, 9.
שָׁמִיר ², diamond; shamir. Targ. Ez. III, 9. Targ. Zech. VII, 12; a. e.—Gitt. 68ᵃ איכא ש׳ דאייתיה וכ׳ there is the shamir which Moses used for the jewels of the Ephod. Ib.ᵇ בעינא … ש׳ I want to build the Temple, and want the shamir; a. e.