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זעם

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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זַעַם (zá'amm

  1. fury

Declension

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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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Conjugation of זָעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לזעום / לִזְעֹם
action noun
passive participle זָעוּם
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first זָעַמְתִּי זָעַמְנוּ
second זָעַמְתָּ זָעַמְתְּ זְעַמְתֶּם1 זְעַמְתֶּן1
third זָעַם זָעֲמָה זָעֲמוּ
present זוֹעֵם זוֹעֶמֶת זוֹעֲמִים זוֹעֲמוֹת
future first אֶזְעַם נִזְעַם
second תִּזְעַם תִּזְעֲמִי תִּזְעֲמוּ תִּזְעַמְנָה2
third יִזְעַם תִּזְעַם יִזְעֲמוּ תִּזְעַמְנָה2
imperative positive זְעַם זַעֲמִי זַעֲמוּ זְעַמְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Commonly pronounced זָעַמְתֶּם and זָעַמְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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