BDB7088 [H6754]

צֶ֫לֶם noun masculine^{Ezek 16:17} image (something cut out, compare פֶּסֶל; Nö 'Schnitzbild'); — ׳צ absolute Ps 39:7, construct Gen 1:27 +; suffix צַלְמוֺ vGen 1:27; Gen 5:3, צַלְמֵנוּ Gen 1:26, צַלְמָם Ps 73:20 plural construct צַלְמֵי 1Sam 6:5 (twice in verse) +, suffix צְלָמָיו 2Kgs 11:18; 2Chr 23:17, צַלְמֵיכֶם Amos 5:26 —

1. images of tumours and mice (of gold) 1Sam 6:5 (twice in verse); 1Sam 6:11 especially of heathen gods Amos 5:26 (text dubious; strike out We as gloss, compare GASm Dr), 2Kgs 11:18 = 2Chr 23:17 (both with verb שִׁבְּרוּ), Ezek 7:20, so זָכָר ׳צ Ezek 16:17 (i.e. in male form, according to figurative of harlotry for idolatry); צַלְמֵי מַסֵכֹתָם Num 33:52 their molten images; of painted pictures of men Ezek 23:14.

2. image, likeness, of resemblance, ׳בְּצ (בָּרָא) עָשָׂה, of God's making man in his own image, Gen 1:26(|| כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ), vGen 1:27 vGen 1:27; Gen 9:6, ׳כְּצ Gen 5:3 (|| בִּדְמוּתוֺ; all P).

3. figurative = mere, empty, image, semblance, ׳בְּצ Ps 39:7 as (ב essentiae) a (mere) semblance man walks about; צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶה Ps 73:20 thou wilt despise their semblance.

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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