Lexical Definition

‎צִיר‎ tsîyr (tseer) envoy ^H:N-M
from ‎צוּר‎

ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare ‎צִיר‎.

• a hinge (as pressed in turning)
• also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure)
• also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal)

1) envoy, messenger
2) pivot of door, hinge
3) pang, distress

See Greek: ἄγγελος · ὠδίν

Extended Information

• pang, distress

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: צִיר

II. ‎צִיר‎ noun masculine^{Prov 25:13} envoy, messenger; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute Jer 49:14 +, construct Prov 13:17 plural ‎צִירִים‎ Isa 18:2 suffix ‎צִרַיִךְ‎ Isa 57:9 — envoy, from Cush Isa 18:2, from apostate Israel Isa 57:9 — envoy from Cush Isa 18:2, from apostate Israel Isa 57:9 from ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Jer 49:14 = Obad 1:1 messenger in general ‎צִיר אֱמוּנִים‎ Prov 13:17, ‎נֶאֱמָן‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Prov 25:13. — I. ‎צִיר‎ see IV. ‎צור‎.

III. [‎צִיר‎] noun [masculine] pivot (of door), hinge; — suffix ‎הַדֶּלֶת תִסּוֺב עַלצִֿירָּהּ‎ Prov 26:14 (in || of sluggard).

IV. [‎צִיר‎] noun [masculine] pang (properly writhing); — plural ‎צִירִים‎ Isa 13:8; Isa 21:3 construct ‎צִירֵי‎ Isa 21:3 suffix ‎צִייַ‎ Dan 1O:16, ‎צִרֶיהָ‎ 1Sam 4:19 — pangs of childbirth 1Sam 4:19, so (simile) Isa 21:3 and, of terror, Isa 13:8 ( + ‎חֲבָלִים‎), Isa 21:3 in general, of physical effects of mental distress Dan 10:16. ‎צֵל‎, ‎צִלָּה‎ see III. ‎צלל‎.

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