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title: צוֹם — fasting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוֹם (6685), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: fasting. BDB 1906: n.m. fasting, fast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוֹם

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«צוֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fasting** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 6685 · **BDB:** צוֹם

### Glosses

a.fast (10); fasting (7); the.fast (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fasting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fasting, fast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 58:5 fasting, fast;—צ׳ abs. 2 S 12:16 +, cstr. Zc 8:19 (4 times); sf. צֹמְכֶם Is 58:3; pl. צוֹמוֹת Est 9:31;—fast, as acc. cogn. 2 S 12:16; public observance 1 K 21:9, 12; 2 Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21; Je 36:9; Jon 3:5 (all obj. of קָרָא proclaim), cf. Jo 1:14; 2:15 (both obj. of קַדְּשׁוּ); יוֹם צוֹם Je 36:6, יוֹם צֹמְכֶם Is 58:3, cf. v 5 (‖ יוֹם עַנּוֹת אָדָם נַפְשׁוֹ), v 5, 6; of periodic fasts Zc 8:19(×4) Est 9:31; act or state of fasting, נֶאֶסְפוּ בְצ׳ וּבְשַׂקִּים Ne 9:1 cf. Jo 2:12; Dn 9:3; Est 4:3; עִנֵּיתִי בַצּ׳ נַפְשִׁי ψ 35:13 cf. 69:11 (on וָאֶבְכֶּה v. Che Bae); causing physical weakness 109:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «צוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6685/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.15/)

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תִּקְע֥וּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּצִיּ֑וֹן קַדְּשׁוּ־צ֖וֹם קִרְא֥וּ עֲצָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* give.a.blast.on a.ram's.horn in Zion consecrate a.fast call an.assembly

*JPS 1917:* Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

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[1 Kings 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.12/)

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קָרְא֖וּ צ֑וֹם וְהֹשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־נָב֖וֹת בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הָעָֽם׃

*Word for word:* they.proclaimed a.fast and they.made.sit (et) Naboth at the.head of the.people

*JPS 1917:* They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

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