H6785 H6785
Wool — sheep's fleece as a raw material, textile product, or image of whiteness
Denotes the fibrous fleece of sheep in both practical and figurative uses. It appears most often paired with flax or linen in legal and economic contexts: the garment-contamination laws (Lev 13:47-59), the mixed-fabric prohibition (Deut 22:11), and Hosea's description of wool as a valued gift (Hos 2:7, 11). Isaiah uses white wool as a simile for purified sin — 'though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as wool' (Isa 1:18) — while the Psalmist compares snow to wool scattered across the land (Ps 147:16). Ezekiel bars priestly garments made of wool to prevent perspiration (Ezek 44:17). The Proverbs 31 woman seeks out wool alongside flax for her household industry. French 'laine' and German 'Wolle' render it consistently across contexts.
Senses
1. wool — Wool, the fleece of sheep used as a raw material and finished textile. It appears in legal contexts distinguishing it from linen in garment contamination (Lev 13:47-59) and the mixed-fabric law (Deut 22:11), in economic contexts as a valuable natural product (Hos 2:7, 11; 2 Kgs 3:4; Prov 31:13), and in striking figurative use for whiteness and purity — sin made white as wool (Isa 1:18) and snowflakes like scattered wool (Ps 147:16). Ezekiel forbids wool for priestly vestments (Ezek 44:17). 16×
AR["الصُّوفِ", "صوفاً", "صوفي", "صُوفًا", "صُوفٌ", "صُوفٍ", "كَالصُّوفِ", "كَـ-الصُّوفِ", "مِنَ-الصُّوفِ", "وَ-كَـ-الصُّوفِ", "وَ-لِلصُّوفِ", "وَصُوفِ", "ٱلصُّوفَ"]·ben["-এবং-পশমের-মতো", "-পশমের-মতো", "আমার-পশম", "আমার-পশমের", "আর-পশমে", "এবং-সেই-পশমের", "পশম", "পশমের-মতো", "সেই-পশমে", "সেই-পশমের"]·DE["Wolle", "[הצמר]", "[וכצמר]", "[וצמר]", "[כצמר]", "[צמר]", "der-Wolle", "in-der-Wolle", "und-von-der-Wolle", "wie-wool", "wool"]·EN["My-wool", "and-like-the-wool", "and-of-the-wool", "and-wool", "in-the-wool", "like-the-wool", "like-wool", "my-wool", "the-wool", "wool"]·FR["[וכצמר]", "[כצמר]", "comme-laine", "dans-le-laine", "et-de-le-laine", "et-laine", "laine", "le-laine", "wool", "צמר"]·heb["ב-ה-בצמר", "ה-צמר", "ו-כ-צמר", "ו-ל-ה-ולצמר", "ו-צמר", "כ-צמר", "צמר", "צמרי"]·HI["ऊन", "ऊन-के", "ऊन-के-समान", "ऊन-मेरी", "और-ऊन-", "और-ऊन-की-तरह", "और-करेगा पुकार", "कोढ़", "जैसे-ऊन", "भेड़-की", "मोटी", "या"]·ID["berbulu", "bulu", "bulu-Ku", "bulu-domba", "buluku", "dan-seperti-bulu-domba", "dan-untuk-wol", "dan-wol-", "seperti-bulu-domba", "wol"]·IT["[וכצמר]", "[כצמר]", "e-di-il-lana", "e-lana", "il-lana", "il-wool", "in-il-lana", "la-mia-lana", "lana", "wool"]·jav["ing-wulu", "kados-wulu", "kados-wulu-mènda", "lan-kados-wulu", "lan-kangge-wulu", "lan-wulu", "mènda", "wulu", "wulu-Kawula", "wulu-kawula", "wulu-punika", "wulu-wedhus"]·KO["그-양모-의", "그-양털을", "그리고-양모-의", "그리고-양털같이-", "그리고-양털로-", "양모", "양모-에서", "양모와", "양모의", "양털", "양털-같이", "양털-내-을", "털"]·PT["a-lã", "como-a-lã", "como-lã", "e-como-lã", "e-lã", "e-para-a-lã", "lã", "lã-minha", "na-lã"]·RU["и-для-шерсти", "и-как-шерсть", "и-шерстью", "из-шерсти", "как-шерсть", "шерсти", "шерсть", "шерсть-Мою", "шерсть-мою", "шерстяной"]·ES["como-la-lana", "como-lana", "en-la-lana", "la-lana", "lana", "mi-lana", "y-como-lana", "y-lana", "y-para-la-lana"]·SW["kama-sufu", "katika-sufu", "kondoo", "na-kama-sufu", "na-kwa-sufu", "na-sufu", "sufu", "sufu-yangu"]·TR["sensen", "ve-yun-gibi", "ve-yünü", "ve-yünün", "yun", "yun-gibi", "yün", "yün-gibi", "yünde", "yünü", "yünümü"]·urd["اور-اون", "اور-اون-کی-طرح", "اون", "اون-میری", "اون-کی", "اون-کی-طرح", "اون-کے", "اُون", "مثل-اون", "میں-اون", "یا-اون-کے"]
Lev 13:47, Lev 13:48, Lev 13:52, Lev 13:59, Deut 22:11, Judg 6:37, 2 Kgs 3:4, Ps 147:16, Prov 31:13, Isa 1:18, Isa 51:8, Ezek 27:18 (+4 more)
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
† 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…