Original Word: בַּ֫הַט
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: bahat
Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-hat)
Short Definition: porphyry בַּ֫הַט noun [masculine] a costly stone, perhaps porphyry (compare Egyptian behiti, behet, behat Brugsch^{Dict. v. 438} Dümichen^{Geschichte 167 f.} Wendel^{Altäg. Bau- u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f.}; ᵐ5 has σμαραγδίτης), Esther 1:6 עַל וָֿשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ֑רֶת׳ִ˜רצֲפַת ב upon a pavement of porphyry and marble, etc.

red marble

From an unused root (probably meaning to glisten); white marble or perhaps alabaster -- red (marble).

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