צָמַד

tsamad · join oneself

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6775 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

tsamad (צָמַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “join oneself”.

Yoke oneself: bind oneself to something as with a yoke.

How to say it

tsa·mad

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

Cling to, be bound; give oneself to a false god.
Contrive deceit.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

fastened ×1
joined itself ×1
they joined themselves ×1
weaves ×1
who have joined themselves ×1

Where it appears

Numbers 25:3
Israel joined itself to Baal-peor, and the anger of YHWH burned against Israel.
Numbers 25:5
Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal-peor.”
2 Samuel 20:8
They were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with the garment he wore, and over it was a belt with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went out, it fell out.
Psalms 50:19
Your mouth you let loose for evil, and your tongue weaves deceit.
Psalms 106:28
And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate sacrifices of the dead.