זעם

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Hebrew

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Root
ז־ע־ם (z-ʿ-m)

Etymology

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Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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זַעַם (zá'amm

  1. fury

Verb

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זָעַם (za'am) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be furious
  2. to curse, to execrate
    • Tanach, 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?

Conjugation

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References

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