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# צֶמֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6785

**wool** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wool [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6785/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֶ֫מֶר: n.m. wool [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6785/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 44:17 wool;—abs. צ׳ Is 1:18, צָ֑מֶר Lv 13:48; cstr. צֶ֫מֶר Ez 27:18 (v. infr.); sf. צַמְרִי Ho 2:7, 11;—wool (usually c. פִּשְׁתִּי(ם) flax, linen): in natural state גִּזַּת הַצּ׳ Ju 6:37, אֵילִים צ׳ 2 K 3:4 (but constr. difficult, and צ׳ perhaps gloss); Ho 2:7, 11 (as gift of value); white Is 1:18 (sim.; ‖ שֶׁלֶג), sim. of snow ψ 147:16 (from white flakes); white (?) wool as merchandise Ez 27:18 (צ׳ צָ֑חַר, but on text v. צַּ֫חַר), Pr 31:13; prey of moth Is 51:8 (sim.); made up into garments Dt 22:11, בֶּגֶד צ׳ Lv 13:47, 59 cf. v 48, 52; בֶּגֶד om. Ez 34:3; 44:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wool (15); of wool (1).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 22:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.11/#tree)

לֹ֤א תִלְבַּשׁ֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז צֶ֥מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים יַחְדָּֽו׃ס

*Word for word:* not you.will.wear mixed.stuff wool and linen(s) together

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.

[Proverbs 31:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.13/#tree)

דָּ֭רְשָׁה צֶ֣מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ בְּחֵ֣פֶץ כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* she.seeks wool and flax(es) and she.worked in the.delight her.hands her

*JPS 1917:* She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6785.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6785/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).