The meaning of “צֶמֶד”
Understanding tsemed reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
a yoke or team (i.e. pair) acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen). - hence, an acre (i.e. day's t...
צֶמֶד
a yoke or team (i.e. pair) acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen). - hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough) 1) couple, pair, team, yoke 1a) couple, pair, span (usually of animals) 1b) acre 1b1) the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 19:10 | “But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.” Word: צֶמֶד (tsemed) | |
| 1 Samuel 14:14 | “And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.” Word: צֶמֶד (tsemed) | |
| 2 Samuel 16:1 | “And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.” Word: צֶמֶד (tsemed) | |
| 1 Kings 19:21 | “And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. ” Word: צֶמֶד (tsemed) | |
| 2 Kings 9:25 | “Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;” Word: צֶמֶד (tsemed) |
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