צוּם
tsûwm · tsoom
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, fast.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צוּם 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fasted7 · 33%
- fasted1 · 5%
- thou didst fast1 · 5%
- i fasted1 · 5%
- wherefore should i fast1 · 5%
- so we fasted1 · 5%
- and fast1 · 5%
- will fast1 · 5%
- wherefore have we fasted1 · 5%
- behold, ye fast1 · 5%
- ye shall not fast1 · 5%
- when they fast1 · 5%
- when ye fasted1 · 5%
- did ye at all1 · 5%
- fast1 · 5%
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.