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title: צָמַד — bind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָמַד (6775), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: bind. BDB 1906: vb. bind, join. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָמַד

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«צָמַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bind** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 6775 · **BDB:** צָמַד

### Glosses

\[was\].fastened (1); have\].joined.themselves (1); it.frames (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6775/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bind, join [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6775/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bind, join (Arabic ضَمَدَ bind, wind, specif. of girl with two lovers WeGGN 1893, 470; fasten (cattle) to yoke Dozy, مِضْمَد yoke, id.; Assyrian ṣamâdu, bind, harness, so Ethiopic ፀመደ: iii. i be attached, attach oneself, specif. be (religiously) devoted; Aramaic צְמַד, ܨܡܰܕ, bind);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּצָּ֫מֶד Nu 25:3; 3 mpl. וַיִּצָּֽמְדוּ ψ 106:28; Pt. pl. נִצְמָדִים Nu 25:5; join, attach, oneself to (ל) Baal Peor, i.e. adopt his worship Nu 25:3, 5 (JE), whence ψ 106:28. Pt. f. מְצֻמֶּ֫דֶת 2 S 20:8 a sword bound upon (עַל) his lions. Impf. 3 fs. תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ψ 50:19 thy tongue combineth (fitteth together, frameth) deceit (\> denom. from צֶמֶד Gerber170).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָמַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6775/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 50:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.19/)

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פִּ֭יךָ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ בְרָעָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗ תַּצְמִ֥יד מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* mouth your you.let.loose in evil and tongue your it.frames deceit

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

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[Psalms 106:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.28/)

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וַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּ לְבַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר בַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר וַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּ זִבְחֵ֥י מֵתִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.joined.themselves to Baal Peor and they.ate sacrifices of.dead.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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