צַמָּה
tsama · veil
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6777 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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tsama (צַמָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “veil”.
A veil.
How to say it
tsa·ma
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
- Cloth a woman covers her face with.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Song of Songs 4:1
Look, you are beautiful, my companion; look, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that ripple down from Mount Gilead.
- Song of Songs 4:3
Like a thread of scarlet are your lips, and your speech is lovely; like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.
- Song of Songs 6:7
Like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.
- Isaiah 47:2
Take the mill and grind flour; uncover your veil, lift up the skirt, uncover the leg, cross the rivers.