---
title: תֹּם — completeness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּם (8537), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: completeness. BDB 1906: completeness, integrity. 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/8537.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/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)‎ / תֹּם‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# תֹּם

<!-- .meta -->
«תֹּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **completeness** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 8537 · **BDB:** תֹּם²

### Glosses

integrity (11); the.integrity (4); innocence (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

completeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8537/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

completeness, integrity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8537/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] completeness, integrity;—תֹּם abs. Pr 10:29 +; cstr. Jb 4:6 ψ 78:72, cstr. also תָּם־ Pr 13:6 + 4 times; sf. תֻּמִּי ψ 26:1 + 11 times sf.; pl. תֻּמִּים Ex 28:30 + 3 times; sf. תֻּמֶּיךָ Dt 33:8;— completeness, fulness: כְּתֻמָּם Is 47:9 2 בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמּוֹ Jb 21:23 in his very completeness. innocence, simplicity: הלכים לתמם 2 S 15:11; מָשַׁךְ בַּקֶּשֶׁת לְתֻמּוֹ 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:33, i.e. without definite aim. integrity: תֹּם לֵבָב integrity of mind Gn 20:5, 6 (E), 1 K 9:4 ψ 78:72; 101:2; תָּם־דֶּרֶךְ Pr 13:6; Jb 4:6; (הת)הלך בַּתֹּם Pr 10:9, בְּתֻמּוֹ 19:1; 20:7; 28:6, בְּתֻמִּי ψ 26:1, 11; הֹלְכֵי תֹם Pr 2:7; תֹּם רָישֶׁר ψ 25:21; בְּתֻמִּי 41:13; כְּתֻמִּי 7:9; מָעוֹז לַתֹּם Pr 10:29. תֻּמִּים in אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים (meaning dub., v., אורים) Dt 33:8, Ex 28:30 (P) Lv 8:8 (P), Ezr 2:63 = Ne 7:65; + 1 S 14:41 (for תָּמִים) We Dr Bu HPS; also Ho 3:4 (for תרפים) CheJQ, July 1899, 564 and 4:5 (תֻּמֶּ֑יךָ for אִמֶּ֑ךָ) RubenJQ, April 1899, 44 Che l.c..

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8537/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 25:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.21/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
תֹּם־וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* integrity and uprightness may they.preserve.me (dm) I have.waited.for.you

*JPS 1917:* Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.6/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* righteousness it.preserves integrity of.way and wickedness it.subverts sin

*JPS 1917:* Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [תָּם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8535.md)
- next →: [תֻּמָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8538.md)
- ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)