זעם

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
ז־ע־ם (z-ʿ-m)

Etymology[edit]

Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

זַעַם (zá'amm

  1. fury

Verb[edit]

זָעַם (za'am) third-singular masculine past (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[edit]

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References[edit]