זעם

Hebrew

Root
ז־ע־ם‎

Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ‎ (tazaḡḡama).

Noun

זַעַם • (zá'am) m

1. fury

Verb

זָעַם • (za'am) (pa'al construction)

1. to be furious
2. to curse, to execrate
   • Numbers 23:8, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏מָה אֶקֹּב, לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל; וּמָה אֶזְעֹם, לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה‎

     How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

References

• H2194 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible