צַמֶּרֶת
tsammereth · H6788 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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tree top
The highest part of a tree
ExamplesEzekiel 17:3 saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions, and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
Ezekiel 17:22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Ezekiel 31:3 ‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And very high, And its top was among the clouds.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֶרֶזcedar 2
- הוּhis 2
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- רֹאשׁ rôʼsh · H7218 · head, beginning
- Hebrew רֹאשׁ frequently denotes the top or summit of physical objects including mountains and structures, and could substitute for צַמֶּרֶת in contexts referring to the uppermost part, though רֹאשׁ has broader application beyond botanical contexts.
Contrasting words 1 word
- שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh · H8328 · root, root > cause
- Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ (root) represents the lexical opposite of צַמֶּרֶת (highest branch/top) in botanical terminology, contrasting the lowermost underground part of a plant with its uppermost visible part.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄκρον ákron · G206 · extreme boundary, final limit, end
- Greek ἄκρον denotes the topmost part or extremity of something, serving as a direct translation equivalent for Hebrew צַמֶּרֶת (highest branch/top) in contexts describing the uppermost portion of a tree or structure.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Plants001002007001
- צַמֶּרֶת denotes a treetop, as of the top of the cedar the great eagle takes away in Ezekiel 17:3, the lofty top from which a tender twig is broken off in Ezekiel 17:22, the treetop of Assyria the cedar reaching among the clouds in Ezekiel 31:3 and 31:10, and the treetops of the well-watered trees by the waters in Ezekiel 31:14.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6788. tsammereth צַמֶּ֫רֶת noun feminine tree-top (possibly from woolly,…
צַמֶּ֫רֶת noun feminine tree-top (possibly from woolly, feathery,appearance); — ׳צ construct, of cedar (in figurative) Eze 17:3, Eze 17:22, so suffix צַמַּרְתּוֺ Eze 31:3, Eze 31:10; of tall trees in General, צַמַּרְתָּם Eze 31:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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