צִיר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. hinge, pivot, axis
2. minister (high-level diplomat, hierarchically below the rank of ambassador and above the rank of counselor) (diplomacy)
3. labor (pain at birth) (usually in the plural)
4. broth, sauce
Pronunciation
tsír
Examples16
...וְצִיר בַּגּוֹיִם שָׁלַח קוּמוּ וְנָקוּמָה עָלֶיהָ למִלְחָמָה.
...And a minister is sent among the nations: 'Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.'
הַדֶּלֶת תִּסּוֹב עַל־צִירָהּ, וְעָצֵל עַל־מִטָּתוֹ.
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
הוּא מְשַׂחֵק תַּפְקִיד חָשׁוּב, כצִיר מֶרְכָּזִי.
He plays an important, almost pivotal, role.
כֹּל הַצִּירִים הצביעו בְּעַד אישור הַהַצָּעָה.
All the delegates voted to approve it.
הוּא תָּלָה אֵת הַשַּׁעַר עַל צִירִים.
He hung the gate on hinges.
שיעוריו שֶׁל הַגּוּף במֶרְחָב הֵם (1,0,3) ביַחַס לרֵאשִׁית הַצִּירִים.
The coordinates of the object in space are (1,0,3) in relation to the origin.