H6015 H6015
wool (Aramaic), the soft hair of sheep
This Aramaic word for wool appears in Daniel's vision of the Ancient of Days, whose hair is described as white like clean wool. The term is a loan word in Biblical Aramaic, cognate with Hebrew 'tsemer' but distinct from it. The comparison emphasizes purity and perhaps age or wisdom through the imagery of whiteness. Egyptian Aramaic and Mandaic attest related forms.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Used in Daniel 7:9 to describe the hair of the Ancient of Days as being like pure wool, emphasizing brilliant whiteness. The simile 'like wool' creates a visual image of purity and perhaps venerable age. Romance languages preserve the comparison structure ('como lana,' 'comme mouton'), while the German and French glosses show some variation in how this rare Aramaic term was understood. 1×
AR["كَـ-الصُّوفِ"]·ben["পশমের-মতো"]·DE["[כעמר]"]·EN["like-wool"]·FR["mouton"]·heb["כ-צמר"]·HI["ऊन-के-समान"]·ID["seperti-bulu-domba"]·IT["[כעמר]"]·jav["kados-wulu-domba"]·KO["에같이-양털"]·PT["como-lã"]·RU["как-шерсть"]·ES["como-lana"]·SW["kama-sufu"]·TR["saf-yün-gibi"]·urd["اُون-کی-مانند"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.