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title: צֶמֶר — wool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶמֶר (6785), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: wool. BDB 1906: n.m. wool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶמֶר

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«צֶמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wool** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 6785 · **BDB:** צֶ֫מֶר

### Glosses

wool (15); of.wool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֶמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6785/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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