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צְלֶם צַלְמָא‏ n.m. image

image (physical) Com. form, appearance BA^Dan, JBA. Dan 3:19 : בֵּאדַיִן נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הִתְמְלִי חֱמָא וּצְלֵם אַנְפּוֹהִי אשׁתנו//#ק#אֶשְׁתַּנִּי‏ then PN was filled with rage and his face's appearance changed.

idol Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, JBAg. TgO Lev26:1 : לָא תַעבְדוּן לְכוֹן טָעְוָן וְצַלַם‏ . GT E Gen31:19 : וגנבת רחל ית צלמי טעוותה דאית לאבוה‏ Rachel stole her father's false-god idols.

pl. : idolatrous worship JLAtg. TgJ Amos5:26 : סִכָוָת פַתכוּרכוֹן וְיָת כִיוּן טָעֲוָתְכוֹן כוֹכַב צַלמֵיכוֹן‏ your idol Sikkut and Saturn your deity, your idolatrous star.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 465b; DJBA: 966a; Jastrow: 1284; Levy Ch-W: 2:327; Tal Sam: 733; DNWSI: 968; Cook,Qumran: 200;

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Derivatives:

*ṣlmn (*ṣalmān) n.m. statue, idol