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title: תָּמִים — complete · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמִים (8549), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 91 times: complete. BDB 1906: adj. complete, sound. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּמִים

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«תָּמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **complete** — 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:** 91 times · **Key:** 8549 · **BDB:** תָּמִים

### Glosses

unblemished (50); blameless (14); complete (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

complete [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8549/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. complete, sound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8549/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. complete, sound;—ת׳ Gn 6:9 +; f. תְּמִימָה Lv 3:9 +; cstr. תְּמִים Jb 36:4; 37:16; pl. תְּמִימִים Ez 43:25 +; תְּמִימֹת Lv 23:15; cstr. תְּמִימֵי ψ 119:1 Pr 11:20;— complete, whole, entire, Jb 36:4 תְּמִים דֵעוֹת, 37:16. whole, sound, healthful, of men Pr 1:12 (‖ חַיִּים); vine Ez 15:5; usually of sacrif. animals, P; Ex 12:5 + 40 times, so Ez 43:22 + 10 times complete, entire, of time: day Jos 10:13; year Lv 25:30; sabbaths 23:15. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity: of God’s way ψ 18:31 = 2 S 22:31; work Dt 32:4; law ψ 19:8; elsewhere of man Gn 6:9 17:1 (P; both ‖ אלהים (לִפְנֵי) הִתְהַלֵּךְ אֵת); ת׳ עם י׳ Dt 18:13 ψ 18:24, c. ל in ‖ 2 S 22:24; often c. דֶרֶךְ way: דֶּרֶךְ ת׳ ψ 101:2; ת׳ בִּדְרָכֶ֫יךָ Ez 28:15; תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Pr 11:20 ψ 119:1; וַיַּתֵּר ת׳ דרכו֯ 2 S 22:23 ‖ וַיִּתֵּן ת׳ דַּרְכִּי ψ 18:33; הלך בדרך ת׳ 101:6; דֶּרֶךְ om., הלך תמים, Pr 28:18 ψ 15:2; לב ת׳ 119:80; = noun (late), man of integrity Pr 11:5 Jb 12:4; pl. Pr 2:21; 28:10 ψ 37:18. as neuter adj. = subst. what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact: דֹּבֵר ת׳ Am 5:10; אִם־בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְת׳ עֲשִׂיתֶם Ju 9:16, 19; עִבְדוּ י׳ בְּת׳ וּבֶאֱמֶת Jos 24:14 (E); integrity גְּבַר ת׳ ψ 18:26 (cstr. Ges§ 93 s; ‖ 2 S 22:26 גִּבּוֹר), 84:12; הֹלְכִים בְּת׳.—1 S 14:41 v. תֹּם 4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8549/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 18:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.13/)

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תָּמִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה עִ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* blameless you.will.be with Yahweh God your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God.

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[2 Samuel 22:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.26/)

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עִם־חָסִ֖יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גִּבּ֥וֹר תָּמִ֖ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* with a.faithful.\[person\] you.show.yourself.faithful with a.mighty.\[man\] blameless you.show.yourself.blameless

*JPS 1917:* With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,

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