---
title: זָעַם — be indignant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָעַם (2194), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: be indignant. BDB 1906: vb. be indignant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2194.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1494-2.md)‎ / זָעַם‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# זָעַם

<!-- .meta -->
«זָעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be indignant** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 2194 · **BDB:** זָעַם

### Glosses

\[is\].indignant (1); \[one.who.is\].cursed (1); accursed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be indignant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be indignant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be indignant (cf. Aramaic (rare) ܙܥܰܡ blame, \& n. ܙܽܘܥܳܡܳܐ; Arabic تَزَغَّمَ onomatop., of roar of camel, angry speech, v. Frey, De on ψ 7:12)—Pf. ז׳ Nu 23:8 + 3 times; זָעַמְתָּה Zc 1:12; Impf. אֶזְעֹם Nu 23:8; 3 pl. sf. יִזְעָמוּהוּ Pr 24:24; Imv. זֹעֲמָה Nu 23:7 (for זָֽעָמֳה Ges§ 64, (2)); Pt. act. זֹעֵם ψ 7:12; pass. cstr. זְעוּם Pr 22:14; f. זְעוּמָה Mi 6:10;— be indignant, have indignation, of hostile prince עַל בְּרִית קוֹדֶשׁ Dn 11:30; elsewhere of Yahweh, who is אֵל זֹעֵם ψ 7:12 (‖ שׁוֹפֵט), c. acc. of enemy Is 66:14; cities of Judah Zc 1:12; people Mal 1:4; a man Pr 22:14. is prob. denom. from זַעַם (v. Buhl). express indignation in speech, denounce, curse (‖ יִקְּבֻהוּ Pr 24:24; ‖ אֶקֹּב and אָֽרָה־ Nu 23:7, 8(×2) (E); אֵיפַת רָזוֹן זְעוּמָה Mi 6:10 an ephah of scantiness, denounced, or cursed. Pt. pl. פָּנִים נִזְעָמִים Pr 25:23 face stirred with indignation.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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 «זָעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2194/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.pit deep \[the\].mouth of.strange.\[women\] \[one.who.is\].cursed of.Yahweh he.will.fall there

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.7.12/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכָל־יֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].a.judge righteous and God \[is\].indignant on every day

*JPS 1917:* God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day:

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [זָעַךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2193.md)
- next →: [זַעַם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2195.md)
- ↑ back to [ז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1494-2.md)