צמר

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Hebrew

צמר כבש
Root
צ־מ־ר (ts-m-r)
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic . Compare Aramaic עמר (ʿamar) and Tigrinya ጸምሪ (ṣämri).

Pronunciation

Noun

צֶמֶר (tsémerm (singular construct צֶמֶר־)

  1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 3:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּמֵישַׁע מֶלֶךְ־מוֹאָב הָיָה נֹקֵד וְהֵשִׁיב לְמֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאָה־אֶלֶף כָּרִים וּמֵאָה אֶלֶף אֵילִים צָמֶר׃
      Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
  2. yarn (used for knitting and crochet)

Declension

Declension of צֶמֶר
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite צֶמֶר first צַמְרִי צַמְרֵנוּ
definite הַצֶּמֶר second צַמְרְךָ צַמְרֵךְ צַמְרְכֶם צַמְרְכֶן
construct צֶמֶר־ third צַמְרוֹ צַמְרָהּ צַמְרָם צַמְרָן

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