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     * I beheld.
     # 1:4,26,27; Da 7:9,10; Re 1:14,15|
     * amber.
       Amber is a hard, inflammable, bituminous substance, of a
       beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of
       an exquisite polish.  When rubbed it is highly endowed with
       electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its
       Greek name [elektron.]  But, as amber becomes dim as soon as
       it feels the fire, and is speedily consumed, it is probable
       that the original {chashmal,} which Bochart derives from the
       Chaldee {nechash,} copper, and {melala,} gold, was a mixed
       metal, similar to that which the Greeks called [elektron,]
       electrum, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, from its resemblance
       to amber in colour.