BDB7108 [H6776]

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 v1Kgs 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 Now^{Archaeology i. 202} Benz^{Archaeology 208}; compare modern faddan, = what, can be ploughed in a season Schumacher^{ZPV xii (1889), 163 f.}, Across Jordan 22, or in a day Bergheim^{PEQ, 1894, 192}, Ency. Bib.^ACRE), שָׂדֶה ׳צ 1Sam 14:14 (on text see Dr HPS); צִמְדֵּיכֶֿרֶם Isa 5:10.

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