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title: זָמָם — plan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָמָם (2162), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: plan. BDB 1906: plan, device. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָמָם

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«זָמָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2162 · **BDB:** זָמָם

### Glosses

plan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2162/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

plan, device [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2162/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] plan, device (bad sense), only זְמָמוֹ ψ 140:9 (‖ מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָמָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2162/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 140:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.9/)

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אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* do.not grant O.Yahweh \[the\].desires of.\[the\].wicked plan his do.not cause.to.accomplish they.will.arise Selah

*JPS 1917:* Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves.

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