זָמַרzâmar
trim, prune
Pronunciation: zaw-mar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2168
Meanings
Qal: of pruning a vineyard (Leviticus 25:3; Leviticus 25:4)
Niph`al: be pruned (Isaiah 5:6)
Same root
- זָמַרzâmar · H2167play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
- סָמַרçâmar · H5568to be erect, i.e. bristle as hair
- צֶמֶרtsemer · H6785wool
- זְמוֹרָהzᵉmôwrâh · H2156a twig (as pruned)
- זָמִירzâmîyr · H2159a twig (as pruned)
- זֶמֶרzemer · H2169a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground)
- זִמְרָהzimrâh · H2173pruned (i.e. choice) fruit
- מַזְמֵרָהmazmêrâh · H4211a pruningknife
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 25:3 For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,
- Leviticus 25:4 but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the Lord’s Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.
- Isaiah 5:6 I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).