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title: זַעַם — indignation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַעַם (2195), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: indignation. BDB 1906: n.m. indignation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַעַם

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«זַעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **indignation** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 2195 · **BDB:** זַ֫עַם

### Glosses

indignation (16); the.indignation (3); his.indignation (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

indignation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2195/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. indignation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2195/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 10:25 indignation;—ז׳ Is 10:25 + 7 times; זָ֑עַם Is 26:20 + 2 times; sf. זַעְמִי Is 10:5 + 3 times; זַעַמְךָ ψ 102:11; זַעְמֶ֑ךָ ψ 38:4; 69:25; זַעְמוֹ Is 13:5 + 3 times;—indignation of men Ho 7:16 Je 15:17; elsewhere of י׳ Is 26:20; 30:27 Na 1:6 Hb 3:12 ψ 38:4; 102:11 Dn 11:36; ‖ חרון אף ψ 69:25 Zp 3:8; ‖ עברה ψ 78:49 Ez 21:36; 22:31; ‖ קצף Je 10:10 ψ 102:11; ‖ אף Is 10:5, 25; 30:27; cf. בזעם אפו La 2:6; שׁפך ז׳ על ψ 69:25 Ez 21:36; 22:31 Zp 3:8; כְּלֵי זַעַם Is 13:5 Je 50:25; יום זעם Ez 22:24; אחרית הזעם Dn 8:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 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 «זַעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2195/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.12/)

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בְּזַ֖עַם תִּצְעַד־אָ֑רֶץ בְּאַ֖ף תָּד֥וּשׁ גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* in indignation you.march \[the\].earth in anger you.trample.down nations

*JPS 1917:* Thou marchest through the earth in indignation, Thou threshest the nations in anger.

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[Psalms 69:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.25/)

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שְׁפָךְ־עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם זַעְמֶ֑ךָ וַחֲר֥וֹן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ יַשִּׂיגֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* pour.out on them indignation your and the.burning your.anger your may it.overtake.them

*JPS 1917:* Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.

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