Word

זָמַם

zâmam · H2161 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences

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Meanings

to plan

Action by which deities or humans put together a plan or strategy to act on; often in a bad sense

Examples
Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them.
Deuteronomy 19:19 then you shall do to him just as he had planned to do to his brother. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
Psalm 17:3 You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: I 4
Not stated: he, she or it 3
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
Not stated: they 2
רָשָׁעwicked 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׂדֶהfield, countryside 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 8 groups

לto/for+ עָשָׂהto do, to make 3
בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
בin/on/with+ יָסַדto lay the foundations 1
בin/on/with+ קָצַףto be angry 1
לto/for+ יָטַבto be good, to do good, to go well 1
לto/for+ לָקַחto take, to receive 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Think002004002013: זָמַם denotes devising or plotting, the deliberate mental scheme behind a planned course of action, whether the builders of Babel or a false witness's intended harm.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

זָמַםzâmam · H2161זִמָּה zimmâh · H2154 · plan, depravity, wickedness · 29×מְזִמָּה mᵉzimmâh · H4209 · plan, scheme, resourcefulness · 19×זָמָם zâmâm · H2162 · (evil) plan · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2161. zamam זָמַם verb consider, purpose, devise (Aramaic זְמַם in derived conjugations;…

H2161. zamam
זָמַם verb consider, purpose, devise (Aramaic זְמַם in derived conjugations; compare Arabic speak, talk (rare); Aramaic is sonuit, resonavit, the noun is tinnitus, strepitus) — only
Qal Perfect זָמַם Deu 19:19 Deu 19:2t.; זָמָ֑ם Lam 2:17; זָָֽמְמָה Pro 31:16; זַמּ֫וֺתָ Pro 30:32; זַמֹּ֫תִי Jer 4:28 but also זָמַ֫מְתִּי Zec 8:14-15, זַמֹּתִי Psa 17:3 either belongs here with irregular accent (see De), or is Infinitive after analogue of לה֞ e.g. חַנּוֺת compare Psa 77:10 (Hi Ri); Checritical note reads זִמָּתִי; זָמָ֑מוּ Psa 31:14; Imperfect יָָֽזְמוּ Gen 11:6 (Ges§ 67, R. 11); on possible Infinitive זמֹּתִ֫י Psa 17:3 see above; Participle זֹמֵם Psa 37:12; —
1 consider, fix thought upon, with accusative of concrete object שָׂדֶה Pro 31:16.
2 purpose, devise:
a. especially of Yahweh's purpose in punishment Jer 4:28 (absolute), Jer 51:12 followed by עשׂה + accusative (|| מְזִמָּה), Lam 2:17 (followed by אשׁר) Zec 1:6 (with כאשׁר followed by infinitive), Zec 8:14 (id.); of blessing only לְהֵיטִיב זָמַמְתִּי שַׁבְתִּי כֵּן Zec 8:15 (opposed to Zec 8:14).
b. of evil purpose of wicked men יז ׳אשׁר לעשׂות Gen 11:6; Deu 19:19 (with כאשׁר + infinitive), Psa 31:14 (followed by infinitive); absolute Pro 30:32 (|| נבל), Psa 17:3 have I (i.e. if I have) devised evil (so De); followed by לְ person (= against) Psa 37:12. **the text of Pro 30:32 is questioned by Frankenb Toy and others; see on II. נבל, below.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0