- Original: לשׁם - Transliteration: Leshem - Phonetic: leh'-shem - Definition: 1. a precious stone a. a precious stone in the high priest's breast-plate 1. probably jacinth or ligure - Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning - TWOT entry: 1130 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a gem perhaps the jacinth: - ligure. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • ligure, 2 Exodus 28:19; Exodus 39:12