צומת

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־מ־ת (ts-m-t)
1 term

Clipping of צֹמֶת דְּרָכִים (tsómet drakhím, literally “road-junction”), derived from the root צָמַת (tsamát, “to join, attach”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡somet/

Noun

צומת / צֹמֶת • (tsómet) m (plural indefinite צְמָתִים, singular construct צֹמֶת־, plural construct צומתי / צׇמְתֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. An intersection, a crossroads.
   • 2011 May 14, ואב זיתון (Yoav Zitun), "סמיון ואסיה נדרסו למוות: ״הצומת ־ כמו רולטה״" (simyón v'ásya nidr'sú l'mávet: "hatsómet - k'mó ruléta", "Simeon and Asia run over and killed: 'the intersection is like roulette'"), in Ynet.
2. (physics, in a circuit) A node.
3. (networking) node (a computer or other device attached to a network)
4. (graph theory) node (a vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure)

Declension

Declension of צֹמֶת

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	צֹמֶת	first	צָמְתִּי		צָמְתֵּנוּ
	definite	הַצֹּמֶת	second	צָמְתְּךָ	צָמְתֵּךְ	צָמְתְּכֶם	צָמְתְּכֶן
	construct	צֹמֶת־	third	צָמְתּוֹ	צָמְתָּהּ	צָמְתָּם	צָמְתָּן
plural	indefinite	צְמָתִים	first	צמתיי / צְמָתַי		צְמָתֵינוּ
	definite	הַצְּמָתִים	second	צְמָתֶיךָ	צמתייך / צְמָתַיִךְ	צׇמְתֵיכֶם	צׇמְתֵיכֶן
	construct	צׇמְתֵי־	third	צְמָתָיו	צְמָתֶיהָ	צׇמְתֵיהֶם	צׇמְתֵיהֶן

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987), “צֹמֶת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 551b
• “צמת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• צומת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• צומת (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he