צֶמֶד
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. a couple, pair, team
2. a yoke
3. acre (the amount of land a pair of oxen could plow in a day) (Biblical)
Pronunciation
tsémed
Examples5
תּוֹם קָנָה למרי צֶמֶד עגילים.
Tom bought Mary a pair of earrings.
שְׁנַיִם זֶה צֶמֶד, שְׁלוֹשָׁה זֶה הָמוֹן.
Two is a couple, three is a crowd.
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אִם הָיָה אִכָּר, נוֹתְנִין לוֹ אֵת צִמְדּוֹ.
Rabbi Eliezer says: if he was a farmer, they leave him his yoke [of oxen].
תַּעֲבִיר לרִאשׁוֹן וּתְשַׁחְרֵר אֵת דַּוְשַׁת הַמִּצֶּמֶד בשָׁעָה שאתה מֵאִיץ קְצָת.
Put it in first and slowly let off the clutch while giving it a little gas.
נִפַּצְתִּי בְךָ רֹעֶה וְעֶדְרוֹ וְנִפַּצְתִּי בְךָ אִכָּר וְצִמְדּוֹ
And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen.