What does צְרִי (ṣĕriy) mean in the Bible?
צְרִי (ṣĕriy): A precious resinous substance—balsam—valued for healing properties and luxury trade in ancient Near East commerce
Hebrew · H6875
צְרִי
Distillation , i.e. balsam
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צְרִי H6875
Pronunciation ṣĕriy
What does צְרִי (ṣĕriy) mean in the Bible?
צְרִי (ṣĕriy): A precious resinous substance—balsam—valued for healing properties and luxury trade in ancient Near East commerce
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6875?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include balm (5), and balm (1).
Where does צְרִי (ṣĕriy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 37:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (3), Genesis (2), Ezekiel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It balm 5× Genesis 37:25, Genesis 43:11, Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 46:11
and balm 1× Ezekiel 27:17
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 37:25 וּצְרִ֣י to balm Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 43:11 צֳרִי֙ to balm Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 8:22 הַצֳרִי֙ to balm Article | Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 46:11 צֳרִ֔י to balm Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 51:8 צֳרִי֙ to balm Noun - masculine singular Ezekiel 27:17 וָצֹ֔רִי to and balm Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 37:25
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Genesis 2 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
צֳרִי֙ 2x ṣo·rî Genesis 43:11, Jeremiah 51:8
הַצֳרִי֙ 1x ha·ṣo·rî Jeremiah 8:22
וָצֹ֔רִי 1x wā·ṣō·rî Ezekiel 27:17
וּצְרִ֣י 1x ū·ṣə·rî Genesis 37:25
צֳרִ֔י 1x ṣo·rî Jeremiah 46:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 3x Genesis 43:11, Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 51:8
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Genesis 37:25, Ezekiel 27:17
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Jeremiah 8:22
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. A precious resinous substance—balsam—valued for healing properties and luxury trade in ancient Near East commerce
Source Gloss
distillation , i.e. balsam
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
A precious resinous substance—balsam—valued for healing properties and luxury trade in ancient Near East commerce
distillation, i.e. balsam BDB: balsam Usage: balm.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Medicinal balsam sought as healing remedy for spiritual and physical wounds
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain