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צֶ֫מֶד noun masculine 1Kgs 19:19 couple, pair; — ׳ צ construct Judg 19:3 +; suffix צִמְדּוֺ Jer 51:23 plural צְמָדִים 1Kgs 19:19; 2Kgs 9:25 (but see below); construct צִמְדֵּי Isa 5:10 (Ges«GKC:93m»§ 93m); —
1.
couple, pair, usually of animals, חֲמֹרִים
׳
צ
Judg 19:3; Judg 19:10;
2Sam 16:1
בָּקָר (הַ) ׳
צ
span of oxen
1Sam 11:7; 1Kgs 19:21
, plural of more than one span 1Kgs 19:19 (ploughing), Job 1:3; Job 42:12
צֶמֶד פְּרָדִים
2Kgs 5:17
פָּרָשִׁים
׳
צ
Isa 21:7; Isa 21:9
a pair of horsemen; plural also of one pair of riders 2Kgs 9:25 (but read probably
צֶמֶד, so Kit); ׳
צ alone = span (of oxen) Jer 51:23.
2. a measure of land (only square measure in OT) like acre; originally
apparently what a span can plough (in a day; see
NowArchaeology i. 202
BenzArchaeology 208; compare modern faddan
, = what, can be ploughed in a season SchumacherZPV xii (1889), 163 f., Across Jordan 22, or
in a day BergheimPEQ, 1894, 192, Ency. Bib.ACRE), שָׂדֶה
׳
צ
1Sam 14:14 (on
text see Dr
HPS); צִמְדֵּיכֶֿרֶם
Isa 5:10.