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# צוֹם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6685

**fasting** — used 26 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

fasting [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צוֹם: n.m. fasting, fast [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 58:5 fasting, fast;—צ׳ abs. 2 S 12:16 +, cstr. Zc 8:19 (4 times); sf. צֹמְכֶם Is 58:3; pl. צוֹמוֹת Est 9:31;—fast, as acc. cogn. 2 S 12:16; public observance 1 K 21:9, 12; 2 Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21; Je 36:9; Jon 3:5 (all obj. of קָרָא proclaim), cf. Jo 1:14; 2:15 (both obj. of קַדְּשׁוּ); יוֹם צוֹם Je 36:6, יוֹם צֹמְכֶם Is 58:3, cf. v 5 (‖ יוֹם עַנּוֹת אָדָם נַפְשׁוֹ), v 5, 6; of periodic fasts Zc 8:19(×4) Est 9:31; act or state of fasting, נֶאֶסְפוּ בְצ׳ וּבְשַׂקִּים Ne 9:1 cf. Jo 2:12; Dn 9:3; Est 4:3; עִנֵּיתִי בַצּ׳ נַפְשִׁי ψ 35:13 cf. 69:11 (on וָאֶבְכֶּה v. Che Bae); causing physical weakness 109:24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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: a fast (10); fasting (7); the fast (4).

## In the verses

[Joel 2:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.15/#tree)

תִּקְע֥וּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּצִיּ֑וֹן קַדְּשׁוּ־צ֖וֹם קִרְא֥וּ עֲצָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* give.a.blast.on a.ram's.horn in Zion consecrate a.fast call an.assembly

*JPS 1917:* Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

[1 Kings 21:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.12/#tree)

קָרְא֖וּ צ֑וֹם וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־נָב֖וֹת בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הָעָֽם׃

*Word for word:* they.proclaimed a.fast and they.made.sit (et) Naboth at the.head of the.people

*JPS 1917:* They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6685.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/): 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).