Lexicon
צְרוֹר
tse.ror
H6872A
H:N-M Hebrew

bundle

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Hebrew
Language

tse.ror denotes a gathered packet or enclosing bundle, used for valuables and for figurative containment.

The term most often denotes a gathered packet associated with money, silver, or myrrh. It also portrays containment figuratively, as a life bound among the living or transgression sealed away, and once appears in the image of a pierced container for wages.

Senses in use

  1. A packet holding valuables or fragrant material · dominant

    The construct-form noun is associated with money in Genesis 42:35 and silver in Proverbs 7:20; in Genesis 42:35 the APB renders the scene as each man finding his “bundle of money” in his sack. In Song of Songs 1:13, the construct form is joined to myrrh, and the APB renders the beloved as “a bundle of myrrh.”

  2. Figurative enclosure or secure keeping · common

    In 1 Samuel 25:29, the construct-form noun occurs in the clause about the life of the speaker's lord being bound with the living; the APB renders it “bound in the bundle of the living.” In Job 14:17, the absolute form is the place where transgression is sealed, rendered by the APB as “sealed in a bundle.”

  3. A pierced container in an image of loss · rare

    The absolute form occurs in Haggai 1:6 within the sequence of unmet needs and inadequate returns from labor. The APB renders the final image as the hired worker putting wages “into a pierced bundle.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB repeatedly uses “bundle,” including “bundle of money,” “bundle of the living,” and “bundle of myrrh,” and it also renders the Haggai image as a “pierced bundle.” These renderings reflect the verse contexts to the Hebrew term.

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