צום
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צום • (transliteration needed)
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צ־ו־ם (ṣ-w-m) |
Compare Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm), Ge'ez ጾም (ṣom).
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צוֹם • (tsom) m (plural indefinite צוֹמוֹת, singular construct צוֹם־, plural construct צוֹמוֹת־)
- fast (a period of time, during which one abstains from food and drink)
- Tanach, Esther 4:3, with translation of the American Standard Version:
- […] אֵבֶל גָּדוֹל לַיְּהוּדִים וְצוֹם וּבְכִי וּמִסְפֵּד שַׂק וָאֵפֶר יֻצַּע לָרַבִּים׃
- […] 'ével gadól lay'hudím v'tzóm uv'khí umispéd sáq va'éfer yutzá' larabím.
- […] there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
- Unetanneh Tokef, traditional High Holidays liturgical poem of unclear origin
- בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יִכָּתֵבוּן, וּבְיוֹם צוֹם כִּפּוּר יֵחָתֵמוּן.
- b'rósh hashaná yikatevún, uv'yóm tzóm kippúr yekhatemún.
- On the New Year it is written, and on the Day of the Fast of Atonement it is sealed.
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צום • (tsum)