ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life
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from שָׁמַר in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
the same as שָׁמִיר; Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine: Shamir. Compare שָׁמוּר.