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title: זָמַם — consider · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמַם (2161), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: consider. BDB 1906: vb. consider, purpose, devise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָמַם

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«זָמַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **consider** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 2161 · **BDB:** זָמַם

### Glosses

he.planned (3); I.have.resolved (2); I.have.planned (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

consider [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2161/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. consider, purpose, devise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2161/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. consider, purpose, devise (Aramaic זְמַם in der. conjj.; cf. Arabic زَمَّ speak, talk (rare); Aramaic ܙܰܡ is sonuit, resonavit, the n. ܙܡܳܡܳܐ is tinnitus, strepitus)—only Pf. זָמַם Dt 19:19 + 2 times; זָמָ֑ם La 2:17; זָֽמְמָה Pr 31:16; זַמּ֫וֹתָ Pr 30:32; זַמֹּ֫תִי Je 4:28 but also זָמַ֫מְתִּי Zc 8:14, 15; זַמֹּתִי ψ 17:3 either belongs here with irreg. accent (v. De), or is Inf. after anal. of ל״ה e.g. חַנּוֹת cf. 77:10 (Hi Ri); Checrit. n. reads זִמָּתִי; זָמָ֑מוּ ψ 31:14; Impf. יָֽזְמוּ Gn 11:6 (Ges§ 67, R. 11); on poss. Inf. זמֹּתִ֫י ψ 17:3 v. supr.; Pt. זֹמֵם ψ 37:12;— consider, fix thought upon, c. acc. of concrete obj. שָׂדֶה Pr 31:16. purpose, devise: especially of Yahweh’s purpose in punishment Je 4:28 (abs.), 51:12 sq. עשׂה + acc. (‖ מְזִמָּה), La 2:17 (sq. אשׁר) Zc 1:6 (c. כאשׁר sq. inf.), 8:14 (id.); of blessing only כֵּן שַׁבְתִּי זָמַמְתִּי לְהֵיטִיב Zc 8:15 (opp. v 14). of evil purpose of wicked men אשׁר יז׳ לעשׂות Gn 11:6 Dt 19:19 (c. כאשׁר + inf.), ψ 31:14 (sq. inf.); abs. Pr 30:32 (‖ נבל), ψ 17:3 have I (i.e. if I have) devised evil (so De); the txt of Pr 30:32 is questioned by Frankenberg Toy al.; v. on II. נבל, 614b infr. sq. לְ pers. (= against) ψ 37:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2161/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.32/)

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אִם־נָבַ֥לְתָּ בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א וְאִם־זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ יָ֣ד לְפֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* if you.have.been.foolish by exalting.yourself and if you.have.planned hand to mouth

*JPS 1917:* If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast planned devices, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

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[Psalms 37:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.12/)

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זֹמֵ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע לַצַּדִּ֑יק וְחֹרֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו שִׁנָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].planning \[the\].wicked to the righteous and \[he.is\].gnashing towards him teeth his

*JPS 1917:* The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

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