Word Study · Strong's H6776 · Hebrew
צֶמֶד
tsemed
tseh'-med
“hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
Rendered in the KJV as
acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- צֶ֥מֶד2
- צֶֽמֶד־2
- צְמָדִים֙2
- וְצֶ֣מֶד1
- וְצֶ֨מֶד1
- וְצִמְדּ֑וֹ1
- צֶ֤מֶד1
- צֶ֨מֶד1
- צֶ֧מֶד1
- צֶ֚מֶד1
- צֶ֖מֶד1
- צִמְדֵּי־1
How it is rendered · 8
- a pair of5
- and a pair of2
- pair[s] of2
- pairs2
- [the] pair of1
- acres of1
- an acre of1
- and team his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)9
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 9
- HC/Ncmsc · 2
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 19:3וְצֶ֣מֶדvetzemedconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.here: and a pair of
- Judges 19:10צֶ֤מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.here: a pair of
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 11:7צֶ֨מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.here: a pair of
- 1 Samuel 14:14צֶ֥מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.here: an acre of
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 19:19צְמָדִים֙tzemadimnoun · masculine pluralSo Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.here: pairs
- 1 Kings 19:21צֶ֧מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.here: [the] pair of
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:17צֶֽמֶד־tzemed-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.here: a pair of
- 2 Kings 9:25צְמָדִים֙tzemadimnoun · masculine pluralAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:here: pairs
Job2 occurrences
- Job 1:3צֶֽמֶד־tzemed-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.here: pair[s] of
- Job 42:12צֶ֥מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.here: pair[s] of
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:10צִמְדֵּי־tzimdei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”here: acres of
- Isaiah 21:7צֶ֚מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”here: a pair of
- Isaiah 21:9צֶ֖מֶדtzemednoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”here: a pair of