jasper
ya.she.pheh denotes a stone named within jewel lists for a sacred setting and for a covering of precious stones.
The term is attested as the name of a stone in lists of precious stones: in Exodus it belongs to the fourth row set in gold, and in Ezekiel it is included in a covering made of precious stones.
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Stone named in precious-stone lists · dominant
In Exodus 28:20 and Exodus 39:13, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the fourth row alongside other stones, which the APB renders as set in gold settings. In Ezekiel 28:13, the same form appears within the list of every precious stone forming a covering.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “jasper” in each cited verse, within stone lists. The lists and their settings provide the clearest contextual confirmation.