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title: צְמָרַיִם — Zemaraim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְמָרַיִם (6787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Zemaraim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְמָרַיִם

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«צְמָרַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zemaraim** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6787 · **BDB:** צְמָרַיִם

### Glosses

Zemaraim (1); of.Zemaraim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zemaraim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Benj. Jos 18:22, Σαρα, A Σεμριμ, 𝔊L Σαμαρειμ, perhaps Es-samra, N. of Jericho BuhlGeogr. 180. הַר־צ׳ mt. in Ephraim 2 Ch 13:4, Σομορων, unknown.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְמָרַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.22/)

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וּבֵ֧ית הָֽעֲרָבָ֛ה בֵ֧ית הָֽעֲרָבָ֛ה וּצְמָרַ֖יִם וּבֵֽית־אֵֽלבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and Beth Arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel Bethel

*JPS 1917:* and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

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[2 Chronicles 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.4/)

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וַיָּ֣קָם אֲבִיָּ֗ה מֵעַל֙ לְהַ֣ר צְמָרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שְׁמָע֖וּנִי יָרָבְעָ֥ם וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.stood Abijah (from) on (to).the mountain of.Zemaraim which \[is\].in the.hill.country of.Ephraim and he.said listen to.me O.Jeroboam and all Israel

*JPS 1917:* And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said: 'Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel;

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