Hebrew edit

Root
ז־ע־ם (z-ʿ-m)

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation edit

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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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