צֹאן

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צאֹן273 collective noun feminineGen 30:36 (possibly masculine Gen 30:39 a +, KöSynt. § 247 g, but dubious, Gen 30:39b with verb feminine plural, as usually; in 1Sa 15:14 join הַוֶּה with קוֺל; see further AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316 ff.) small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks; — ׳צ absolute Gen 4:2 +; construct Gen 29:9 +; suffix צאֹנוֺ Gen 4:4 +; צאֹנֵנוּ Exo 10:9, צאֹונֵוּ Psa 144:13; as plural צאֹנֵינוֺ Neh 10:37 van d. H. Gi (not Baer; very late, si vera lectio), etc.; —
1 literally
a. small cattle, usually of sheep and goats in one flock (RobBR i. 477) Gen 30:31-32, +; sheep specified also Gen 21:28 (הַצּ ׳כִּבְשׂת), Gen 31:28 (צ ׳אֵילֵי) +; sheep only 1Sa 25:2 (+עִוִּים); goats specified Gen 27:9; Jer 50:8; ׳צ as yielding (1) animals for food Amo 6:4 (בָּרִים), 1Sa 14:32; 2Sa 12:4; Neh 5:18 +; ׳צ מַאְַבָל Psa 44:12 (in simile); (2) wool Gen 31:19 + (see [ גָּזַז], גֵּז); (3) milk, צ ׳חֲלֵב Deu 32:14 (? goats' milk, compare Pro 27:27); (4) sacrificial victims Gen 4:4 (J), Lev 1:2, Lev 1:10; Lev 3:6; Num 15:3 (all P), Num 22:40 (E), Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17, Deu 12:21 + often; so קָדָשִׁים צאֹן Eze 36:38 a, compare בְּכוֺרֵי וְצאֹנֵינוּ בְקָרֵינוּ Neh 10:37; in General as property (often + בָּקָר, etc.) Gen 12:16; Gen 13:5; Gen 24:35; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 + often (see also II. [עַשְׁתָּרוֺת]); gift Gen 20:14; Gen 21:27; Gen 38:17 (goat), Deu 15:14; 2Ch 17:11; booty 1Sa 15:9, 1Sa 15:15 + .
b. ׳צ sometimes of a definite number of animals (i.e. as plural of שֶׂה, etc.): two Isa 7:21, four Exodus 21:37 (larger numbers see 1Sa 25:2, 1Sa 25:5, 1Sa 25:18; Num 31:32, Num 31:36; Neh 5:18; Job 1:3; Job 42:12 above). — See also בֵּן 7b; עֵדֶר נָוֶה, מַרְבֵּץ, מִכְלָה, גְּדֵרָה,; שַׁצֵר רֹצֶה, כֶלֶב,.
2 simile of multitude Eze 36:37-38, compare Psa 107:41; of children Job 21:11; of dead, with death as shepherd Psa 49:15; of (shepherdless) Israel Num 27:17; 1Ki 22:17 2Ch 18:16; Zec 10:2; Zec 13:7, wandering in sin Isa 53:6; of Israel led by ׳י Psalm 77:21; Psa 78:52; Psa 80:2, compare Zec 9:16 (on text see We Now); Eze 34:12; of Israel in distress, ׳כְּצ טִבְחָת Psa 44:23, compare (of wicked) ׳צ לְטִבְתָה Jer 12:3; of scattered Babylonian Isa 13:14.
3 metaphor of multitude, ׳צ אָרָם Eze 36:38; of Israel 2Sa 24:17 = 1Ch 21:17; Jer 23:1-2, Jer 23:3; Eze 24:5, and especially sustained figurative Eze 34:2, 317t. 34, also Zec 11:7, Zec 11:17; ׳צ אֹבְדוֺת Jer 50:6, ׳צ תִּפְאַרְתֵךְ Jer 13:20; of Israel under ׳יs care, (וֺ-, יִ֯) ׳צ מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָד Psa 74:1; Psa 79:13; Psa 100:3; Eze 34:31, also ׳צ יָדוֺ Psa 95:7(|| מַרְעִיתוֺעַםֿ; read perhaps יָדוֺ צַם ׳צ, מַרְעִיתוֺ, so Che and others); ׳צ נַחֲלָתֶךָ Mic 7:14; also in combinations: הַצֵּ ׳אַדִּירֵי Jer 25:34-35, Jer 25:36, ׳צ חַהֲרֵגָה Zec 11:4, Zec 11:7 (compare Psa 44:23), הַצּ ׳עֲנִיֵּי Psa 44:7; Psa 44:11 (all of Israel); of Edom צּ הַ ׳צְעִירֵי Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45.