Hebrew

Noun

צֹאן • ‎(tsón, ṣōn) m

1. (collective) sheep, flock of sheep
   • Genesis 30:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֶּחֱמוּ הַצֹּאן אֶל-הַמַּקְלוֹת וַתֵּלַדְןָ הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּטְלֻאִים׃‎

     vayekhemú hatsón 'el-hamak'lót vateládna hatsón 'akudím n'kudím ut'lu'ím.
     wayyeḥĕmū haṣṣōn ʾel-hammaqəlōṯ wattēláḏnā haṣṣōn ʿăquddīm nəquddīm ūṭəlūʾīm.

     And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Declension

See also

• שֶׂה ‎(sé)

References

• “H6629”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Yiddish

Noun

צאן • ‎(tson)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of צאָן ‎(tson).