צלם

See also: צ־ל־ם

Hebrew

Root
צ־ל־ם (ts-l-m)

Etymology

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀩 (ṣalmum), Classical Syriac ܨܠܡܐ (ṣalmā) and, by dissimilation of /l/ to /n/, Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

צֶלֶם • (tsélem) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. graven image
2. image, likeness, semblance
   • Tanach, Genesis 1:26:

     וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֛ם בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ וְיִרְדּוּ֩ בִדְגַ֨ת הַיָּ֜ם וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

     way·yómɛr ʔɛ̈lohím naʕäśɛ́ ʔɔdɔ́m bə̈·ṣalménu ki·ḏə̈muṯénu wə̈·yirdú ḇi·ḏə̈gáṯ hay·yɔ́m u·ḇə̈·ʕóp̄ haš·šɔmáyim u·ḇab·bə̈hemɔ́ u·ḇə̈·ḵɔl-hɔ·ʔɔ́rɛṣ u·ḇə̈·ḵɔl-hɔ·rɛ́mɛś hɔ·roméś ʕal-hɔ·ʔɔ́rɛṣ

     And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Declension

Declension of צֶלֶם

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	צֶלֶם	first	צַלְמִי		צַלְמֵנוּ
	definite	הַצֶּלֶם	second	צַלְמְךָ	צַלְמֵךְ	צַלְמְכֶם	צַלְמְכֶן
	construct	צֶלֶם־	third	צַלְמוֹ	צַלְמָהּ	צַלְמָם	צַלְמָן

Noun

צַלָּם • (tsalám) m (plural indefinite צַלָּמִים, singular construct צַלַּם־, plural construct צַלָּמֵי־, feminine counterpart צַלֶּמֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. A photographer.

Verb

צִלֵּם • (tsilém) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of צילם

References

• H6754 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew צֶלֶם (tsélem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛɪ̯ɫəm/

Noun

צלם • (tseylem) m, plural צלמים (tslomem)

1. image
2. cross, crucifix