Twelve Stones

By Dawn Edwards, 2/5/10

Ruby, Carnelian
Strong's H124 - 'odem ‫ א ֹדֶ ם‬// root word: Strong's H119 - 'adam ‫ָאדַ ם‬
1) to be red, red
(Aleph) Ox – YHVH, strong, power, leader, yoke, thousand (many people)
(Dalet) Door – move, hang, enter, open, path or way
(Mem) Water – chaos, might, blood, out of what, how

The only way to YHVH is through blood.

Exodus 24:5-8 ―He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and
sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. Moses took half of the blood and put it in
basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the book of the
covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has spoken
we will do, and we will be obedient!" So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people,
and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance
with all these words."‖

Hebrews 9:18-22 ―Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. For
when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law,
he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and
sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE
COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU." And in the same way he sprinkled both the
tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. And according to the Law, one may
almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness.‖

* see also: Lev. 14:51—52, Zech. 9:11, John 19:34, and I John 5:6—8

Topaz or Chrysolite
Strong's H6357 – pitdah ‫פִּטְ דָ ה‬
1) topaz or chrysolite, a) a precious stone
(Peh) Open mouth – blow, scatter, edge, enter, command, open
(Tet) Basket – snake, surround, clay, contain, mud, twist
(Hey) Raised arms – look, man, behold, reveal, show, sigh, the
(Dalet) Door – move, hang, enter, open, path or way

That which is hidden will be revealed.

Ezekiel 42:11-13 ―The way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which
were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both
according to their arrangements and openings. Corresponding to the openings of the chambers
which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall
toward the east, as one enters them. Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south
chambers, which are opposite the separate area, they are the holy chambers where the priests
who are near to the LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy
things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy.‖

Proverbs 25:2 ―It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a
matter.‖

Matthew 7:13 ―Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that
leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.‖

* see also: Deut. 1:22; 30:16, 2 Chron. 23:19, Prov. 4:14, Ezekiel 46, John 10:1, and Heb.
10:18—20

(red) Emerald, Carbuncle

Strong's H1304 – bareqeth ‫ ב ֶָרקֶ ת‬// root word: Strong's H1299 – baraq ‫ב ָָרק‬
1) (Qal) to flash lightning, cast forth (lightning)
(Bet) House – house, family, in, with, peace, divide
(Resh) Man‘s head – first, beginning, think, person, sum, top
(Qof) Rising sun – behind, last, rise, east, cycle, time, distinguish

Lightening in the sense that it comes from heavens (top of the sky; we look up to see it) and
from the east to the west dividing the sky!

Matthew 24:27 ―For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so
will the coming of the Son of Man be.‖

From Moses‘s song: Deuteronomy 33:2 ―He said, "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on
them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of ten thousand
holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them. Indeed, He loves the
people; All Your holy ones are in Your hand, And they followed in Your steps; Everyone
receives of Your words.‖

Flashing lightning Strong's H799 (x2) - 'eshdath ‫ – דַ ת אֵ ׁש‬Fiery law

Words Strong's H1703 – dabbarah ‫ דַ ב ְָרה‬// root: Strong's H1696 – dabar ‫דָ בַר‬
This is a play on words, comparing the lightening to the Torah that YHVH gave to Moses in the
midst of the lightening.

Exodus 19:16 ―So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder
and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so
that all the people who were in the camp trembled.‖

Daniel 10: 5—6 ―I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in
linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. His body also was like beryl, his
face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like
the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult.‖

Matthew 28:3 ―And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow.‖

YHVH will reveal His Word/Torah through Messiah.

(Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus; Revised
Version, marg., "emerald." The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to glitter," "lighten," "flash."
When held up to the sun, this gem shines like a burning coal, a dark-red glowing coal, and
hence is called "carbunculus", i.e., a little coal. It was one of the jewels in the first row of the
high priest's breastplate. It has been conjectured by some that the garnet is meant.
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* see also: 2 Sam. 22:15, Job 37:3 – 4; 38:35, Ps. 97:4; 144:6, Ez. 1: 13 – 14, Zech. 9:14, Matt.
28:3, Luke 17:24, Rev. 4:5; 11:19

Turquoise, emerald, ruby, or carbuncle

Strong's H5306 – nophek ‫ נ ֹפֶ ְך‬A kind of gem, to glisten
(Nun) Seed – continue, heir, life, son, action
(Peh) Open mouth – blow, scatter, edge, enter, command, open
(Kaph) Palm – bend, allow, tame, cover, open, bless

Parent root: noph ‫נ ְֹך‬ seed in the palm; crush; spice

(Nun) Seed – continue, heir, life, son, action
(Kaph) Palm – bend, allow, tame, cover, open, bless

YHVH will scatter the seed in his palm/hand.

Psalm 106:26-27 ―Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the
wilderness, And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the
lands.‖
RESTORATION –

John 10:27 – 30 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give
eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My
Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of
the Father's hand. I and the Father are one."

* see also Neh. 1:8, Jer. 31:10, Acts 8:3 – 5; 11:19, The Parable of the Seed – Matt. 13:1 – 23,
Mark 4:1 – 29, Luke 8:4 – 15

Sapphire, lapis lazuli

Strong's H5601 – cappiyr ‫ סַ ִּפיר‬// root: Strong's H5608 – caphar ‫סָ פַ ר‬
to count, number, reckon, rehearse, declare, talk
(Samech) Prop, thorn – grab, hate, protect, support, aid, twist
(Peh) Open mouth – blow, scatter, edge, enter, command, open
(Resh) Man‘s head – first, beginning, think, person, sum, top

YHVH and His commands will be protected through declaration and

rehearsal.
Exodus 9:16 "But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My
power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.‖
Leviticus 23:2-4 (New American Standard Bible)

Leviticus 23: 2 – 4 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times
which you shall proclaim*as holy convocations--My appointed times are these: 'For six days
work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy
convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings. 'These
are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times
appointed for them.‖

* Strong's H7121 - qara' ‫קָ ָרא‬

Deuteronomy 6: 6 – 9 ―"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your

heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your
house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall
bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write
them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.‖‖

John 4:25 ―The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming; when that One comes, He
will declare all things to us."‖

Diamond, jasper, or onyx

Strong's H3095 – yahalom ‫ י ַהֲ ֹלם‬// root: Strong's H1986 – halam ‫הָ לַם‬
A precious stone perhaps the jasper, onyx, or diamond // to smite, strike, hammer, strike down
(Hey) Raised arms – look, man, behold, reveal, show, sigh, the
(Lamed) Staff – lead, teach, yoke, forward, tongue, control
(Mem) Water – chaos, might, blood, out of what, how

Split the complete word yahalom and we have ‗ya‘ ‗halam‘: YAH Strikes!
Matthew 26:31 ―Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is
written, ' I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL
BE SCATTERED.'‖

* see also: Exodus 12:12, I Sam. 26:10, I Kings 14:15, Zech. 14:12
Drawing blood/water by raising the arms above the head and striking
with a staff

(Exodus 7:17-20); Exodus 17:6 "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and
you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses
did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.‖

Judges 5: 26 "She reached out her hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen's
hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his
temple.‖

John 19:34 ―But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and
water came out.‖

Parent root: (hal) ‫ הל‬Verb: Shine Noun: Star / Distant

Combined these letters mean "a

looking toward something" such as the
looking toward a light in the distance. (like a shephard following the
stars for direction)
*At it’s root: Shepherd(s) will look to the stars for direction.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, In the dark blue sky you keep,
How I wonder what you are! Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. And often through my curtains peep,
Up above the world so high, Thanks you for your tiny spark, For you never shut your eye,
Like a diamond in the sky! He could not see which way to go, Till the sun is in the sky.
If you did not twinkle so.
When the blazing sun is gone, As your bright and tiny spark,
When he nothing shines upon, Lights the traveller in the dark,—
Then you show your little light, Though I know not what you are,
Then the traveller in the dark, Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

* see also: Psalm 74:1 – 5, Mark 12: 1 – 12 (the Parable of the Vine Growers), Matt. 2:1 – 5,
Luke 2: 7 – 19

Jacinth or ligure
Strong's H3958 – leshem ‫ לֶׁשֶ ם‬// parent root: shem ֶ‫( לֶׁש‬name, title)
(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again
(Mem) Water – chaos, might, blood, out of what, how
Wind or breath of someone, or something of its character

Add the (Lamed) Staff – lead, teach, yoke, forward, tongue, control…and we have –

Teach/lead in accordance with the character/name of

Numbers 27:16 – 18 ―‖May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the
congregation, who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring
them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep which have no shepherd."
So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua* the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay
your hand on him;‖

*Joshua is a type of Yeshua!

John 14:26 ―But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will
teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.‖

*see also: Isaiah 40:11, Ps. 86:11, Micah 5:4, Isaiah 2:3, Micah 4:2, Rev. 14:1:13

Agate
Strong's H7618 – shĕbuw ֺ‫ ׁשְ בו‬// Parent root: ‫ ׁשְ ב‬shav turn, seat (press to the tent)
A place of dwelling as the place returned to; a turning back or away from someone or something
- A captive is one turned away from a place of dwelling.

(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again

(Bet) House – house, family, in, with, peace, divide
Add (Vav) Tent Peg/Nail – add, secure, hook, join, pierce

To secure/establish return from captivity

Deuteronomy 30:1-4 ―"So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing
and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the
LORD your God has banished you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all
your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, then the
LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather
you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. "If your outcasts
are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He
will bring you back.‖

Luke 4:17-19 ―And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book
and found the place where it was written,
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR.
HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES,
AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."‖

* see also: Gen. 15;12—14, I Kings 8;46—53, Ps. 14:7; 53:6; 85:1; 126:1, Is. 14:2, Amos 9;14

amethyst
Strong's H306 - 'achlamah ַ‫ החְ לָ מָ א‬// Parent root: hal ‫חָ ַל‬: bore; hole, pain
Adopted root: Strong's H2492 – chalam ‫חָ לַם‬
To dream, to be healthy, to be strong
(Chet) Wall – fence, outside, half, divide, protect
(Lamed) Staff – lead, teach, yoke, forward, tongue, control to lead out of/outside
(Mem) Water – chaos, might, blood, out, of, what, how

Hebrew words are often defined by the definition of the inside letter/s as supported by the
definition of the outside letters. With this in mind we have defined the parent root of 'achlamah
as being the center letters/word chalam. If we look at the two outside letters as the support word
we have:

(Aleph) Ox – YHVH, strong, power, leader, yoke, thousand (many people) power to
(Hey) Raised arms – look, man, behold, reveal, show, sigh, the reveal

So 'achlamah could mean:power to lead out of/outside through the

revelation of a dream(s)/vision (something outside of this realm)
Daniel 2:28 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made
known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days This was your dream and
the visions in your mind while on your bed.‖

Matthew 2:12—13 ―And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the
magi left for their own country by another way. Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of
the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and
flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to
destroy Him."

Acts 10 and 11 – Peter receives a vision from YHVH, the interpretation of which causes him and
the other disciples to go outside of the city (to the outermost parts) and preach the gospel to all,
Jews and Greeks alike!

* see also – Gen. 37, 40 and 41 (Joseph‘s dreams/interpretations of other‘s dreams), Judges
7;13 – 15, 1 Samuel 14:10-12

yellow jasper
Strong's H8659 – Tarshiysh ‫תַ ְרׁשִּ יׁש‬
(Tav) crossed sticks – mark, sign, seal, own, covenant tuwr: to seek, search out, spy
(Resh) Man‘s head – first, beginning, think, person, sum, top out, explore
(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again
(Yud) Hand – work, throw, make, energize, worship suws: to exult, rejoice
(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again

To seek, search out, spy out, explore then exult/rejoice

Tarshish was a grandson of Japheth (Gen. 10:1—5) whose descendents migrated to and
settled in Asia, specifically on the ―Meditereanian coast and nearby islands.‖
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/RTGham.htm
Josephus and other Bible scholars have connected Tarshis with Tarsus (the home of Paul).
http://www.varchive.org/nldag/tarshish.htm; http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesTarshish.html

In II Chronicles 20 we read that Jehosaphat, King of Judah, acted wickedly when he allied
himself with Ahaziah, King of Israel in order to build ships to go to Tarshish in order to acquire
gold and silver. As a result Eleazer prophesied against him saying "Because you have allied
yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." So the ships were broken and
could not go to Tarshish.‖

Isaiah prophesies redemption in regards to Tarshish in chapter 60: 1ff (v.9) ―Surely the
coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from
afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy
One of Israel because He has glorified you.‖ And again in Isaiah 66:18-20 "For I know their
works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall
come and see My glory. I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the
nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have
neither heard My fame nor seen My glory And they will declare My glory among the nations.
Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD, on
horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the
LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the
LORD.‖

IF Paul‘s home of Tarsus is in fact Tarshish, then it is possible that his coming to Israel as ―a
Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly
according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.‖ (Acts 22:3)
was in fact the beginning of the fulfillment of this prophecy in Isaiah!

Numbers 32:13 & 32 "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander
in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight
of the LORD was destroyed…. We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of the LORD
into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the
Jordan."

Acts 9:1ff Saul/Paul is traveling from Jerusalem to Damascus to seek out Christians in order to
arrest and persecute them. On his way he meets the One Whom he is persecuting! As a result
―the scales fall from his eyes‖ and he begins to worship YHVH by teaching the Good News
about Yeshua the Messiah!

* see also – Gen. 4:12 – 14, Nu. 32:13, Deut. 2:7, Psalm 119:10, Prov. 27:8, Hosea 9:17 and all
of Hebrews 11.

Onyx, chrysoprasus/ beryl, malachite

Strong's H7718 - shoham ‫ׁש ֹהַ ם‬
From an unused root probably meaning to [blanch: whiten by removing color; scald briefly then
drain (to remove skin or separate); to force back or to one side, head off]
Parent root: ‫ שם‬/ shem: Breathe; Breath / Desolate
(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again the wind, or breath, of someone
 (Mem) Water – chaos, might, blood, out, of, what, how or something is its character.
Add (Hey) Raised arms – look, man, behold, reveal, show, sigh, the

To press outside in order to reveal the inward breath/character

2 Samuel 22:16 "Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid
bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Luke 2: 34—35 ―And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is
appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed--and a sword will
pierce even your own soul--to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."

*see also – Gen 2:7, Prov. 8:6, Isa. 40:5, Daniel 2:22, Matt. 12:23—34, Rom. 5:3—5; 8:9, I Cor.
3:13, II Thess. 2:3—8, Rev. 15:4

Jasper
Strong's H3471 - yashĕpheh ‫ָי ָֽׁשְ פִּ ה‬ - to smooth* or polish**
*Smooth: free from projections, lumps, hair, curves, hindrances, undisturbed, unwrinkled,
tranquil, calm
**Polish: to smooth by rubbing or friction, pearly, luster, glistening, shinning

Broken down into root words:

Strong's H3426 – yesh ‫ י ֵׁש‬- ; being, existence, substance, there is or are
(Yud) Hand – work, throw, make, energize, worship to form the existence by pressure
(Shin) Teeth – sharp, press, eat, two, destroy, again

Parent root: ‫ פה‬/ (peh – as in the letter peh ‫ה‬ ): Blow; Mouth
A mouth is the edge of anything such as the place of the beard, a sword, a region. The edge or
border is often referring to all that is within the borders, the whole country.
[blowing, breathing, to speak mouth to mouth; opening; edge, border; part, portion; according to]
From: Child Root: ‫ פאה‬/ PAH - As to scatter ashes by blowing on them.
(Peh) Open mouth – blow, scatter, edge, enter, command, open To cleave in pieces;
(Aleph) Ox – YHVH, strong, power, leader, yoke, many people break into pieces,
(Hey) Raised arms – look, man, behold, reveal, show, sigh, the shatter

To define/create borders by pressure and breaking into pieces

Malachi 1:4-6 ―Though Edom says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up
the ruins"; thus says the LORD of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call
them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever." Your
eyes will see this and you will say, "The LORD be magnified beyond the border of Israel!"‖

Ephesians 5:25-27 ―Husbands, love your wives, just as Messiah also loved the assembly and
gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, that He might present to Himself the assembly in all her glory, having no
spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.‖
* see also: Numbers 34, Joshua 17 – 19, Psalm 147:14, Isa. 26:15; 60:18, Daniel 12:10, Zeph.
3:9, I Peter 1:22-23, Titus 2:13 – 15

The summary of the stones:

The only way to YHVH is through [the shedding of the] blood [of
Messiah; who] will reveal that which is hidden: His Word/Torah.

YHVH will scatter [Israel; but] His Name and commands will be
protected through declaration and rehearsal [in the Feasts].

[They will] raise [Messiah’s] arms and strike [The Rock] causing blood
and water to flow.

[Men] and Shepherd(s) will look to the stars for direction [which will]
lead [them to the One who will ] Teach/lead in accordance with the
character/name of [YHVH. He will] secure/establish [the] return [of
Israel] from captivity [by giving] power to lead out of/outside through
the revelation of a dream(s)/vision(s). [His followers will ] seek, search
out, spy out, explore [the outermost reaches for those from the lost
tribe of Israel] then exult/rejoice [at their return. They will suffer]
press[ure]/persecution from outside [the Beast System] in order to
reveal their inward breath/character[which will result in the final]
definition of their borders [and their re-establishment] as a nation!

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