צֶמֶד
ṣemed
couple
Strong's H6776NounHebrewTWOT 1927a

צֶמֶד (ṣemed) is a Hebrew noun meaning couple. It appears 15 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6776).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1927a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1927a)couple, pair; acre, span; yoke, team; two
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צֶ֫מֶד noun, masculine: couple, pair

Strong's H6776 צֶמֶד: a yoke or team (i.e. pair); hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
KJV:acre, couple, × together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1927: צָמַד ṣāmad — bind, join; attach, oneself; link, gird, serve, contrive; fasten, frame

See it in Scripture

Judges 19:31 Samuel 11:72 Samuel 16:1

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