עֲמַר
a.mar (H6785)
wool
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "a.mar" (Strong's H6785) is defined as "wool," a natural fiber obtained from sheep or other animals. Its semantic domain is focused on clothing and textiles, indicating its primary association with fabrics and garments. This word occurs 16 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in the ancient Israelite context. Given its definition, it is likely that "a.mar" was used to describe clothing that was made from wool, such as garments, coats, or blankets. The word's frequency in the Bible may reflect the significance of wool as a resource for clothing in ancient Israel. However, without further context, it is difficult to determine the specific nature of its usage in different passages. The importance of "a.mar" in the Bible may lie in its association with the textile industry, which was likely a significant aspect of ancient Israel's economy and culture. The fact that it occurs 16 times in the biblical text suggests that wool was a material that played a notable role in the lives of the Israelites.
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“The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
whether it is in warp or woof; of linen or of wool; whether in a leather, or in anything made of leather;
He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of leather, in which the plague is, for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
You shall not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
“ ‘ “Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.
“ ‘ “It will be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.