--- title: תָּמַם — be complete · The Tanakh dictionary description: תָּמַם (8552), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 64 times: be complete. BDB 1906: vb. Qal. 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Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8552/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be complete, finished (Arabic تَمَّ id., Ph. תם, Syriac ܬܰܡ der. spec. and deriv.; cf. NH = BH (rare), Aramaic תְּמִימָא, ܬܰܡܺܝܡܳܐ perfect);— Pf. 3 ms. תַּם Gn 47:18 + 3 times (+ Qr מֵאֵשׁ֯ תַּם Je 6:29); 3 pl. תַּמּוּ Dt 2:16 +; תָּ֑מּוּ 2 K 7:13; 1 pl. תַּמְנוּ (Ges§ 67 dd) Nu 17:28 ψ 64:7; תָּ֑מְנוּ Je 44:18; (La 3:22 read תַּמּוּ 𝔗 𝔖 Ew Löhr Bu); Impf. 3 ms. יִתֹּם (Ges§ 67g) Gn 47:15; Ez 47:12; 3 fs. תִּתֻּם Ez 24:11 (Ges§ 67q; del. Co), תִּתֹּם Gn 47:18 1 K 7:22; 1 s. אֵיתָ֑ם ψ 19:14; 3 mpl. יִתַּ֫מּוּ Nu 14:35 +, וַיִּתְּמוּ Dt 34:8; Inf. cstr. תֹּם Lv 25:29 + 10 times; תָּם־ Is 18:5; sf. תֻּמִּי Je 27:8 + 7 times sf.;— be finished, completed; the writing of words Dt 31:24, 30 (v. Dr.; J), Jb 31:40; building of temple 1 K 6:22, cf. 7:22; fulfilled, י׳’s command (by obedience) Jos 4:10 (E); as auxil. + vb. fin. = completely, wholly, entirely, תַּמּוּ נִבְרָ֑תוּ Jos 3:16 (E) were wholly cut off; סָפוּ תַמּוּ ψ 73:19 entirely consumed; sq. ל inf.: תַּמּוּ לעבור were finished in regard to, etc., i.e. were entirely passed over Jos 3:17; 4:1, 11 (JE) 2 S 15:24; להמּול Jos 5:8 (E) entirely circumcised, Nu 17:28. be finished, come to an end, cease: the year, Gn 47:18 (J), Lv 25:29 (P), Je 1:3; the years of י׳ have no end ψ 102:28; days of weeping Dt 34:8 (P), cf. La 4:22; also Is 18:5; La 3:22. be complete, of number, 1 S 16:11. be consumed, exhausted, spent: silver Gn 47:15, 18 (J); strength Lv 26:20 (H); lead Je 6:29 (Qr); bread 37:21; fruit Ez 47:12; rust 24:11. be finished, consumed, destroyed: people Nu 14:33 (J), v 35 17:28 (P; ‖ מות), 32:13 (J), Jos 8:24; 10:20 (JE), Dt 2:14, 15, 16; Jos 5:6 (D), 1 K 14:10; 2 K 7:13; Is 16:4; Je 14:15; 24:10; 27:8; 36:23; 44:12(×2), 18, 27 ψ 9:7 (but read דַּמּוּ), 104:35. be complete, sound, unimpaired, ethically, ψ 19:14 (‖ נִקָּה; late). twice, very strangely, si vera l., trans.: ψ 64:7 תמנו we have completed (read prob. הֲתִמֹּנוּ); Je 27:8 עַד־תֻּמִּי אֹתָם בְּיָדוֹ (read with Gr תִּתִּי). Pf. 1 s. הֲתִמֹּ֫תִי Ez 22:15; 3 mpl. הֵחַ֫מּוּ 2 S 20:18; Impf. יַתֵּם 2 K 22:4; 2 ms. תַּתֵּם Jb 22:3 (Ges§ 67 y); Inf. abs. הָתֵם Ez 24:10; cstr., id., Dn 8:23 + 9:24 Qr (v. Dr.); sf. הֲתִֽמְךָ (Ges§ 67 v) Is 33:1;— finish, complete, perfect, a matter 2 S 20:18 (but Qal, come to an end, c. ה interrog., We Dr al.); flesh in cooking Ez 24:10. finish, cease doing a thing, sq. pt. (Ges§ 120 b), שׁוֹדֵד Is 33:1. complete, sum up, c. acc. money 2 K 22:4 (other conj. Klo Gr Gi); transgressors Dn 8:23; sin 9:24 (Qr; Kt חתם). destroy uncleanness, c. מן from, Ez 22:15. causative (of Qal 6): acc. דרכיך Jb 22:3 make sound thy ways. Impf. 2 ms. תִּתַּמָּם 2 S 22:26, c. עִם deal integrity with = ψ18:26 (late, v. Qal 6). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 61 of its verses cited, 0 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 «תָּמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8552/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [2 Samuel 22:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.26/) 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, [Psalms 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.26/) עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃ *Word for word:* with a.faithful.\[person\] you.show.yourself.faithful with a.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; - ← previous: [תָּמַךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8551.md) - next →: [תִּמְנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8553.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)