Wool Textile Fiber

† צֶ֫מֶר n.m. Ez 44:17 wool;—abs. צ׳ Is 1:18, צָ֑מֶר Lv 13:48; cstr. צֶ֫מֶר Ez 27:18 (v. infr.); sf. צַמְרִי Ho 2:7, 11;—wool (usually c. פִּשְׁתִּי(ם) flax, linen): in natural state גִּזַּת הַצּ׳ Ju 6:37, אֵילִים צ׳ 2 K 3:4 (but constr. difficult, and צ׳ perhaps gloss); Ho 2:7, 11 (as gift of value); white Is 1:18 (sim.; ‖ שֶׁלֶג), sim. of snow ψ 147:16 (from white flakes); white (?) wool as merchandise Ez 27:18 (צ׳ צָ֑חַר, but on text v. צַּ֫חַר), Pr 31:13; prey of moth Is 51:8 (sim.); made up into garments Dt 22:11, בֶּגֶד צ׳ Lv 13:47, 59 cf. v 48, 52; בֶּגֶד om. Ez 34:3; 44:17.

† גִּזָּה n.f. fleece—(Arabicجِزَّةٌ, Aramaic ܓܶܙܬܳܐ ) גִּזָּה Ju 6:37 + 5 times; cstr. גִּזַּת Ju 6:37;—fleece, ג׳ צֶמֶר Ju 6:37; abs. Ju 6:37, 38(×2), 39(×2), 40.

ἔριον, τό, Ionic dialect εἴριον Refs 8th c.BC+:— wool, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, Refs 5th c.BC+; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, Refs 4th c.BC+cotton, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, Refs 4th c.AD+; Latin vervex perhaps not cognate)

† עֲמַר n.m. wool (𝔗 Syriac; EgyptianAramaic עמר S-CG 7, 10, קמר id.H 5; cf. Mand. אקאמרא, NöM 72; v. BH צמר);—abs. Dn 7:9.