צֶ֫מֶד
tse.med
“pair”
Definition
hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
a yoke or team (i.e. pair);
- couple, pair, team, yoke 1a) couple, pair, span (usually of animals) 1b) acre 1b1) the amount of land a span of oxen could plow in one day
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צֶ֫מֶד appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So 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.
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
For ten acres of vineyardwill yield but a bath of wine,and a homer of seedonly an ephah of grain.”
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock;with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen;with you I shatter the governors and officials.
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