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# זָעַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2194

**be indignant** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be indignant [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָעַם: vb. be indignant [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be indignant (cf. Aramaic (rare) ܙܥܰܡ blame, & n. ܙܽܘܥܳܡܳܐ; Arabic تَزَغَّمَ onomatop., of roar of camel, angry speech, v. Frey, De on ψ 7:12)—Pf. ז׳ Nu 23:8 + 3 times; זָעַמְתָּה Zc 1:12; Impf. אֶזְעֹם Nu 23:8; 3 pl. sf. יִזְעָמוּהוּ Pr 24:24; Imv. זֹעֲמָה Nu 23:7 (for זָֽעָמֳה Ges§ 64, (2)); Pt. act. זֹעֵם ψ 7:12; pass. cstr. זְעוּם Pr 22:14; f. זְעוּמָה Mi 6:10;— be indignant, have indignation, of hostile prince עַל בְּרִית קוֹדֶשׁ Dn 11:30; elsewhere of Yahweh, who is אֵל זֹעֵם ψ 7:12 (‖ שׁוֹפֵט), c. acc. of enemy Is 66:14; cities of Judah Zc 1:12; people Mal 1:4; a man Pr 22:14. is prob. denom. from זַעַם (v. Buhl). express indignation in speech, denounce, curse (‖ יִקְּבֻהוּ Pr 24:24; ‖ אֶקֹּב and אָֽרָה־ Nu 23:7, 8(×2) (E); אֵיפַת רָזוֹן זְעוּמָה Mi 6:10 an ephah of scantiness, denounced, or cursed. Pt. pl. פָּנִים נִזְעָמִים Pr 25:23 face stirred with indignation.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] indignant (1); \[one who is\] cursed (1); accursed (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 22:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/#tree)

שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.pit deep \[the\].mouth of.strange.\[women\] \[one.who.is\].cursed of.Yahweh he.will.fall there

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

[Psalms 7:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.12/#tree)

אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכָל־יֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].a.judge righteous and God \[is\].indignant on every day

*JPS 1917:* God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2194.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).