H6788 צַמֶּרֶת (tsammereth) tsam-meh'-reth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

treetop

Strong's Definition

fleeciness, i.e. foliage

Derivation: from the same as H6785 (צֶמֶר);

KJV Usage: highest branch, top.

TWOT Reference: 1931b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) treetop

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G746 G1588

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צַמֶּ֫רֶת (tsam.me.ret) — treetop. treetop

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צַמֶּרֶת (H6788)

noun f

Plants

tree top = the highest part of a tree

EZK 17:3 · EZK 17:22 · EZK 31:3 · EZK 31:10 · EZK 31:14

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צַמֶּ֫רֶת n.f. tree-top (poss. from wooly, feathery, appearance) base

Bible Occurrences (5)

17:3 17:22 31:3 31:10 31:14

Ezekiel 17:3

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

Ezekiel 17:22

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set [it] out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Ezekiel 31:10

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Since it became great in height and set its top... among the clouds, and it grew proud... on account of its height,

Ezekiel 31:14

This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered... trees would reach them in height.... For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals...... who descend to the Pit.