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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʔn-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒇇𒇻𒄭𒀀 (ṣēnum) and Arabic ضَأْن (ḍaʔn).
Noun
צֹאן • (tsón, ṣōʾn) m
- (collective) sheep, flock of sheep
Tanach, Genesis 30:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַיֶּחֱמוּ הַצֹּאן אֶל-הַמַּקְלוֹת וַתֵּלַדְןָ הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּטְלֻאִים׃- vayekhemú hatsón 'el-hamak'lót vateládna hatsón 'akudím n'kudím ut'lu'ím.
wayyeḥĕmū haṣṣōn ʾel-hammaqəlōṯ wattēláḏnā haṣṣōn ʿăquddīm nəquddīm ūṭəlūʾīm. - And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
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Yiddish
Noun
צאן • (tson)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of צאָן (tson).