צַמֶּרֶת
tsammereth · tsam-meh'-reth
fleeciness, i.e. foliage
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H6785 (צֶמֶר);
fleeciness, i.e. foliage
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: highest branch, top.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To pursue the straight path of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַמֶּרֶת 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.
- the highest branch1 · 20%
- of the highest branch1 · 20%
- and his top1 · 20%
- his top1 · 20%
- their top1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
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.