זָעַם
za.am
“be indignant”
Definition
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
a primitive root;
- to denounce, express indignation, be indignant 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to have indignation, be indignant, be angrily indignant, be defiant 1a2) to be abhorrent 1a3) to express indignation in speech, denounce, curse 1b) (Niphal) to show indignation, show anger
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
זָעַם appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying:“Balak brought me from Aram,the king of Moab from the mountains of the east.‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me;come and denounce Israel!’
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
As the north wind brings forth rain,so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
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