זָעַם
zâʻam · zaw-am'
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To cut, to sustain that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָעַם 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- defy1 · 8%
- or how shall i defy1 · 8%
- hath not defied1 · 8%
- is angry1 · 8%
- he that is abhorred1 · 8%
- shall abhor1 · 8%
- so doth an angry1 · 8%
- and his indignation1 · 8%
- and have indignation1 · 8%
- that is abominable1 · 8%
- against which thou hast had indignation1 · 8%
- hath indignation1 · 8%
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.