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title: צֶמֶד — couple · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶמֶד (6776), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: couple. BDB 1906: n.m. couple, pair. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶמֶד

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«צֶמֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **couple** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 6776 · **BDB:** צֶ֫מֶד

### Glosses

a.pair (6); pair\[s\] (2); pairs (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

couple [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6776/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. couple, pair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6776/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 19:19 couple, pair;—צ׳ cstr. Ju 19:3 +; sf. צִמְדּוֹ Je 51:23; pl. צְמָדִים 1 K 19:19; 2 K 9:25 (but v. infr.); cstr. צִמְדֵּי Is 5:10 (Ges§ 93 m);— couple, pair, usually of animals, צ׳ חֲמֹרִים Ju 19:3, 10; 2 S 16:1; צ׳ (הַ)בָּקָר span of oxen 1 S 11:7; 1 K 19:21, pl. of more than one span v 19 (ploughing), Jb 1:3; 42:12; צֶמֶד פְּרָדִים 2 K 5:17; צ׳ פָּרָשִׁים Is 21:7, 9 a pair of horsemen; pl. also of one pair of riders 2 K 9:25 (but read prob. צֶמֶד, so Kit); צ׳ alone = span (of oxen) Je 51:23. a measure of land (only square measure in OT) like acre; orig. appar. what a span can plough (in a day; v. NowArch. i. 202 BenzArch. 208; cf. mod. faddân, = what can be ploughed in a season SchumacherZPV xii (1889), 163 f., Across Jordan 22, or in a day BergheimPEQ, 1894, 192, Ency. Bib.ACRE), צ׳ שָׂדֶה 1 S 14:14 (on text v. Dr HPS); צִמְדֵּי־כֶרֶם Is 5:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 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 «צֶמֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6776/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.10/)

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כִּ֗י עֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙ צִמְדֵּי־כֶ֔רֶם יַעֲשׂ֖וּ בַּ֣ת אֶחָ֑ת וְזֶ֥רַע חֹ֖מֶר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֵיפָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) ten acres of.vineyard they.will.produce a.bath one and seed of.a.homer it.will.produce an.ephah

*JPS 1917:* For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

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[Isaiah 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.7/)

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וְרָ֣אָה רֶ֗כֶב צֶ֚מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים רֶ֥כֶב חֲמ֖וֹר רֶ֣כֶב גָּמָ֑ל וְהִקְשִׁ֥יב קֶ֖שֶׁב רַב־קָֽשֶׁב׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.see a.rider a.pair of.horses a.rider of.a.donkey a.rider of.a.camel and he.will.pay.attention attentiveness greatness of.attentiveness

*JPS 1917:* And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

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