Gems of the Tribes: |
Hebrew Names of stones in brackets (..) Reuben - ruby (odem) Simeon - emerald (pitadah) Levi - crystal (baraket) Yehudah - garnet (nofech) Issachar - saphire (sapir) Zebulon- diamond (yahalom) Dan - jacinth (leshem) Gad - agate (shevo) Naphtali - (achlomah) Asher- aquamarine, beryl (tarshish) Yosef - onyx (shoham) Benyamin - jasper (yashpeh) For another opinion with variant Tribal colors to the ones above see: Stephen Phillips: The Tribal Colors, An Alternative Opinion |