ציר

Hebrew

צִיר • (tsír) m (plural indefinite צִירִים, singular construct צִיר־)

hinge, pivot, axis
- Tanach, Proverbs 26:14, with translation of the New International Version:
  הַדֶּלֶת תִּסּוֹב עַל־צִירָהּ, וְעָצֵל עַל־מִטָּתוֹ.
  As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
(diplomacy) minister (high-level diplomat, hierarchically below the rank of ambassador and above the rank of counselor)
- Tanach, Obadiah 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ...וְצִיר בַּגּוֹיִם שֻׁלָּח קוּמוּ וְנָקוּמָה עָלֶיהָ לַמִּלְחָמָה.
  ...And a minister is sent among the nations: 'Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.'
(usually in the plural) labor (pain at birth)
- Tanach, Isaiah 21:3, with translation of the New International Version:
  עַל־כֵּן מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה, צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי כְּצִירֵי יוֹלֵדָה;
  At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;
broth, sauce

צִיֵּר • (tsiyér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

צַיָּר • (tsayár) m

ציר • (tsir) m, plural צירן (tsirn)