צָמַד
tsâmad · tsaw-mad'
to link, i.e. gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to link, i.e. gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
- to link, i.e. gird
- figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fasten, frame, join (self).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in
To pursue the straight path of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָמַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- joined1 · 20%
- that were joined1 · 20%
- fastened1 · 20%
- frameth1 · 20%
- they joined1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.