צאן
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See also: צאָן
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
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| צ־א־ן (ts-ʾ-n) |
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.
- vayekhemú hatsón 'el-hamak'lót vateládna hatsón 'akudím n'kudím ut'lu'ím.
Declension
See also
- שֶׂה (sé)
References
- H6629 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “צאן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
צאן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Noun
צאן • (tson)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of צאָן (tson).