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# שָׂטַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7852

**bear a grudge** — used 6 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

bear a grudge [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂטַם: vb. bear grudge, cherish animosity, against [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bear a grudge, cherish animosity, against (NH שָׂטַם Niph., 𝔗 Gn 27:41 שְׂטַם; perhaps akin to שׂטן q.v.);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׂטֹם Gn 27:41, 3 mpl. sf. יִשְׂטְמוּנִי ψ 55:4, etc.;—cherish animosity against, acc. pers. Gn 27:41 (J), 49:23 (poem in J), 50:15 (E), + בְּאַף ψ 55:4; of י׳’s persistent assaults on Job, Jb 16:9; 30:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they (2); he (1); he was hostile towards (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 49:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.23/#tree)

וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ וָרֹ֑בּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ בַּעֲלֵ֥י חִצִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they showed.bitterness.to.him and they.shot and they were.hostile.towards.him masters of.arrows

*JPS 1917:* The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

[Job 30:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/#tree)

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* you.change.yourself into.\[one\] cruel to me with the.might your.hand your you are.hostile.towards.me

*JPS 1917:* Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7852.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/): 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).