1. wool — Wool, the fibrous fleece of sheep, used both as a raw material and finished textile product. Appears in legal contexts regarding garment contamination (Lev 13:47-52,59 distinguishing wool from linen), in the prohibition against mixed fabrics (Deut 22:11 wool and linen together), as a commodity and divine provision (Hos 2:7,9 'my wool and my flax'; 2 Kgs 3:4 Mesha's wool tribute; Ezek 27:18 Damascus trading wool), in priestly garment regulations (Ezek 44:17 no wool in the inner court), for Gideon's fleece (Judg 6:37), and in similes for whiteness and purity (Isa 1:18 sins shall be white as wool; Ps 147:16 snow like wool; Isa 51:8 moth shall eat them like wool; Ezek 34:3 fleecing the wool). Arabic suf (wool), German Wolle (wool), Spanish lana (wool), Hindi un (wool), Korean yangmo/yangteo (wool/fleece). All auto-clusters are inflectional and syntactic variants (absolute, with article, with prepositions, with possessive suffix, in simile) of the single noun meaning wool. 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)
Senses
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…