The meaning of “צֶמֶר”
Understanding tsemer reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
wool(-len). - wool 1) wool 1a) wool 1b) whiteness (metaph.) 1c) wool (in garments)
צֶמֶר
wool(-len). - wool 1) wool 1a) wool 1b) whiteness (metaph.) 1c) wool (in garments)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 13:52 | “He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.” Word: צֶמֶר (tsemer) | |
| Deuteronomy 22:11 | “Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.” Word: צֶמֶר (tsemer) | |
| Judges 6:37 | “Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.” Word: צֶמֶר (tsemer) | |
| 2 Kings 3:4 | “And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.” Word: צֶמֶר (tsemer) | |
| Psalms 147:16 | “He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.” Word: צֶמֶר (tsemer) |
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