צַמִּים
tsammîym · H6782 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
- Trap, snareHunting74 verses
Meanings
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Literally: thirsty (for wealth); hence: state in which humans experience a deep longing to own someone else's possessions (to be thirsty (for something), to long (for something))
ExamplesJob 5:5 “The hungry devour his harvest And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
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snare, trap
Exact meaning unsure; possibly: some kind of woven material or mesh that entangles the feet; used for catching animals; associated with aggression and control
ExamplesJob 18:9 “A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
- שָׁאַףto gasp 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
- Wish002004002001001
- This domain's connection to צַמִּים is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of a snare or trap rather than desire, though its neighboring verse speaks of a schemer eager for another's wealth.
- Traps001003001001018
- צַמִּים denotes a snare or trap, as of the trap that snaps shut on the wicked man's heel in Job 18:9.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6782. tsammim צַמִּים noun masculine doubtful word, usually snare, trap (from || מַּח…
צַמִּים noun masculine doubtful word, usually snare, trap (from || מַּח Job 18:9); — צ ׳וְשָׁאַף חֵילָם Job 5:5 and a snare snappeth at his wealth (so Bu BevJphil. xxvi. 304 f.; Vrss Di Du and most modern צְמֵאִים, or צָמֵא, the thirsty, sometiems with change ofוְשָׁאַף); Job 18:9 (|| מַּח; CheJq ix (1897), 578 צִירִים pangs, compare Isa 13:8).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 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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