צֶ֚מֶד
𐤑𐤌𐤃
tsemed
pair
a yoke or team (i.e. pair); hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough); acre, couple, [idiom] together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).
Isaiah 21:7 · Word #3
Lexicon H6776
| Lemma | צֶמֶד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤑𐤌𐤃 |
| Transliteration | tsemed |
| Strong's | H6776 |
| In-context | pair |
Morphology HNcmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H6776-02
a yoked-pair of
| Root | צמד (ṣ-m-d) |
| Core Meanings | to join, bind, attach, pair, couple |
| Semantic Range | a yoke (especially of oxen), a pair or couple, two working animals, a unit of plowing, by extension a measured field area plowed by a yoke in a day |
| Conceptual Significance | In agrarian Israelite life, the yoked pair symbolized cooperative labor and productivity. The term reflects covenantal and social imagery of being bound together, and it serves as a practical unit of measurement rooted in daily agricultural work. |
| Morphological Notes | Common masculine singular noun in the construct state from צֶמֶד. The construct form links it directly to a following noun (e.g., “a yoked-pair of oxen”). |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun derives from the root צמד, conveying the idea of binding or joining together. As a masculine singular construct (HNcmsc), it grammatically requires a following noun (“of …”), so “a yoked-pair of” preserves both the construct relationship and the core sense of two items bound together under one yoke. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root צמד (to join, bind, attach, pair, couple)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H6775-01 |
hanitsemadim | the ones bound-together |
H6781-01 |
hatsemidim | the binding-clasps |
H6775-02 |
metsumedet | tightly-joined (feminine singular) |
Word Usage (15 occurrences of H6776)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judges 19:3 | וְ/צֶ֣מֶד | vetsemed | and a couple |
| Judges 19:10 | צֶ֤מֶד | tsemed | a pair |
| 1 Samuel 11:7 | צֶ֨מֶד | tsemed | a yoke |