זָמַם
zâmam · zaw-mam'
to plan, usually in a bad sense
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to plan, usually in a bad sense
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To cut, to sustain of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָמַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from them, which they have imagined1 · 8%
- unto him, as he had thought1 · 8%
- nothing; i am purposed1 · 8%
- against me, they devised1 · 8%
- plotteth1 · 8%
- thyself, or if thou hast thought evil1 · 8%
- she considereth1 · 8%
- it, i have purposed1 · 8%
- hath both devised1 · 8%
- that which he had devised1 · 8%
- thought1 · 8%
- as i thought1 · 8%
- have i thought1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.