סֶ֫מֶל noun masculine^{Ezekiel 8:5} perhaps originally proper name, of divinity, then Generally image, statue (Phoenician סמל id., feminine סמלת, Lzb^{151, 329}, also פנסמלת Id³²⁹; Bau^{Rel. i. 88} understands ׳ס to be designation of foreign god); — absolute ׳הַסּ2Chronicles 33:7,15, סָ֑מֶל Deuteronomy 4:16; construct סֵ֫מֶל Ezekiel 8:3,5; — image, figure of anything, ׳מֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כָּלסֿ Deuteronomy 4:16; idol-image ׳מֶּסֶל הַסּ2Chronicles 33:7 and (מֶּסֶל omitted) 2 Chronicles 33:15; סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה Ezekiel 8:3 the statue of jealousy, i.e. that rouses ׳י's jealousy, = Ezekiel 8:5.

סמם (√ of following; meaning dubious; if akin to Arabic smell Lane¹⁵⁹³, any fragrant plant Id¹⁵⁹⁴, then ס must be for שׂ; in that case ׳ס perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Late Hebrew id., spice, drug (Ecclus ׳שׂ Ecclesiasticus 38:4 m.), Aramaic סַמָּא id.; drug, pigment; Arabic poison is apparently loan-word Frä²⁶²).