צֶ֫מֶד noun masculine^{1Kings 19:19} couple, pair; — ׳צ construct Judges 19:3 +; suffix צִמְדּוֺ Jeremiah 51:23; plural צְמָדִים 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 9:25 (but see below); construct צִמְדֵּי Isaiah 5:10 (Ges^{§ 93m}); —

1 couple, pair, usually of animals, חֲמֹרִים ׳צ Judges 19:3,10; 2 Samuel 16:1; בָּקָר (הַ) ׳צ span of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7; 1 Kings 19:21, plural of more than one span 1 Kings 19:19 (ploughing), Job 1:3; Job 42:12; צֶמֶד מְּרָדִים 2 Kings 5:17; מָּרָשִׁים ׳צ Isaiah 21:7,9 a pair of horsemen; plural also of one pair of riders 2 Kings 9:25 (but read probably צֶמֶד, so Kit); ׳צ alone = span (of oxen) Jeremiah 51:23.

2 a measure of land (only square measure in OT) like acre; originally apparently what a span can plough (in a day; see Now^{Archaeology i. 202} Benz^{Archaeology 208}; compare modern faddan, = what, can be ploughed in a season Schumacher^{ZPV xii (1889), 163 f.}, Across Jordan 22, or in a day Bergheim^{PEQ, 1894, 192}, Ency. Bib.^ACRE), שָׂדֶה ׳צ 1 Samuel 14:14 (on text see Dr HPS); צִמְדֵּיכֶֿרֶם Isaiah 5:10.

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