According to the Radak "even sapir" refers to a white stone, like crystal or diamond (the Rambam in Moreh also holds it's like a diamond, but stresses that it's without color). Ibn Ezra holds that it's a precious red colored stone (like a ruby maybe. No opinion holds it's a actually a "sapphire" stone, even though that would seem to fit etymologically. "Sapphire" stone can come in many different colors and there are different kinds etc.)
So then, the opinion that it's a white stone corresponds with sefirot of Z"A since its mainly "built" from kindnesses, the color white. The opinion that "sapir" is a red stone corresponds with the sefirot of malchut, built mainly from gevurot, strictnesses that correspond with the color red.
Ohr Hatorah Chayei Sarah
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