Original Language Studio
Numbers 11:22
“Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צֹאןtsôʼn · tsone
H6629 · Hebrew
H6629 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- Derivation
- or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;
- KJV renderings
- (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
- Grammar
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- צֹ֧אן — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 274 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:2Genesis 4:4Genesis 12:16Genesis 13:5Genesis 20:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צֹאן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.