זָמַר
zamar · prune
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2168 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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zamar (זָמַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prune”.
Cut back the branches of the vine so that it bears more fruit.
How to say it
za·mar
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
- To cut back a vine so it bears more fruit.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- prune ×2
- be pruned ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 25:3
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather its produce;
- Leviticus 25:4
but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH; your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.
- Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it a waste; it will not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns will come up; and the clouds I will command not to rain rain on it.