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title: שָׂטַם — bear a grudge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂטַם (7852), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bear a grudge. BDB 1906: vb. bear grudge, cherish animosity, against. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂטַם

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«שָׂטַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bear a grudge** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7852 · **BDB:** שָׂטַם

### Glosses

they (2); he (1); he.was.hostile.towards (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bear a grudge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bear grudge, cherish animosity, against [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bear a grudge, cherish animosity, against (NH שָׂטַם Niph., 𝔗 Gn 27:41 שְׂטַם; perhaps akin to שׂטן q.v.);— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׂטֹם Gn 27:41, 3 mpl. sf. יִשְׂטְמוּנִי ψ 55:4, etc.;—cherish animosity against, acc. pers. Gn 27:41 (J), 49:23 (poem in J), 50:15 (E), + בְּאַף ψ 55:4; of י׳’s persistent assaults on Job, Jb 16:9; 30:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂטַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7852/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.23/)

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וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ וָרֹ֑בּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ בַּעֲלֵ֥י חִצִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they showed.bitterness.to.him and they.shot and they were.hostile.towards.him masters of.arrows

*JPS 1917:* The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

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[Job 30:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/)

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תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* you.change.yourself into.\[one\] cruel to me with the.might your.hand your you are.hostile.towards.me

*JPS 1917:* Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

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