זָעַם
zâʻam · H2194 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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to express one's anger, to vent one's anger
Action by which deities or humans give free expression to their anger regarding someone else
ExamplesPsalm 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who shows indignation every day.
Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
Isaiah 66:14 Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad, And your bones will flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD will be made known to His servants, But He will be indignant toward His enemies.
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angry looks
Literally: angry face; hence: state in which the expression on someone's face communicates that person's anger
ExamplesProverbs 25:23 The north wind brings rain, And a gossiping tongue brings an angry face.
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to curse
An action by which deities or humans consign someone or something to death, damage, or destruction, usually by invoking a deity's name
ExamplesNumbers 23:7 And he took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, saying, ‘Come, declare Jacob cursed for me, And come, curse Israel!’
Numbers 23:8 “How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the LORD has not cursed?
Proverbs 24:24 One who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” Peoples will curse him, nations will scold him;
How it’s used In 6 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
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- לְאֹםpeople 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֹיֵבenemy 1
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 1
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until+ עוֹלָםforever 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 1
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָפַלto fall 1
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 2 entries
- Angry002001002002
- זָעַם denotes indignation or anger, the wrathful denunciation Balak seeks against Israel.
- Curse002003002008
- The verb also carries the sense of cursing or denouncing, as Balaam is hired to curse Israel on Balak's behalf.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2194. zaam זָעַם verb be indignant (compare Aramaic (rare) blame, & noun ; Arabic…
זָעַם verb be indignant (compare Aramaic (rare) blame, & noun ; Arabic onomatopoetic, of roar of camel, angry speech, see Frey, De on Psa 7:12) — Perfect ׳ז Num 23:8 Num 23:3t.; זָעַמְתָּה Zec 1:12; Imperfect אֶזְעֹם Num 23:8; Num 23:3plural suffix יִזְעָמוּהוּ Pro 24:24; Imperative זֹעֲמָה Num 23:7 (for זָָֽעָמֳה Ges§ 64, (2)); Participle active זֹעֵם Psa 7:12; passive construct זְעוּם Pro 22:14; feminine זְעוּמָה Mic 6:10; —
1 be indignant, have indignation, of hostile prince קוֺדֶשׁ בְּרִית עַל Dan 11:30; elsewhere of Yahweh, who is זֹעֵם אֵל Psa 7:12 (|| שׁוֺפֵט), with accusative of enemy Isa 66:14; cities of Judah Zec 1:12; people Mal 1:4; a man Pro 22:14. 2 **[
2 is probably denominative from זַעַם (see Buhl).] express indignation in speech, denounce, curse || יִקְּבֻהוּ Pro 24:24; || אֶקֹּב and אָֽרָהֿ Num 23:7-8, (twice in verse) (E); רָזוֺן אֵיפַת זְעוּמָה Mic 6:10 an ephah of scantiness, denounced, or cursed.
Niph`al Participle plural נִזְעָמִים מָּנִים Pro 25:23 face stirred with indignation.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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
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