צמר

Hebrew

Root
צ־מ־ר (ts-m-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Compare Aramaic עמר (ʿamar) and Tigrinya ጸምሪ (ṣämri).

Pronunciation

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Noun

צֶמֶר • (tsémer) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)
2. yarn (used for knitting and crochet)

Derived terms

• צמר גפן
• צמר פלדה

References

• H6785 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “צמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• צמר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he