זעם

Hebrew
Root
ז־ע־ם‎ (z-ʿ-m)

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ‎ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation
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Noun

זַעַם • (zá'am) m

  1. fury

Verb

זָעַם • (za'am) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to be furious
  2. to curse, to execrate
    • 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?

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