זעם

Hebrew
Root
ז־ע־ם (z-ʿ-m)

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَزَغَّمَ (tazaḡḡama).

Pronunciation
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Noun

זַעַם • (zá'am) m

  1. fury

Verb

זָעַם • (za'am) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to be furious
  2. to curse, to execrate
    • Tanach, Numbers 23:8, with translation of the King James Version:
      מָה אֶקֹּב, לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל; וּמָה אֶזְעֹם, לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה
      How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

Conjugation
Conjugation of זָעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לזעום / לִזְעֹם
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: זָעוּם
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָעַמְתִּיזָעַמְנוּ
second זָעַמְתָּזָעַמְתְּזְעַמְתֶּם1זְעַמְתֶּן1
third זָעַםזָעֲמָהזָעֲמוּ
present זוֹעֵםזוֹעֶמֶתזוֹעֲמִיםזוֹעֲמוֹת
future first אֶזְעַםנִזְעַם
second תִּזְעַםתִּזְעֲמִיתִּזְעֲמוּתִּזְעַמְנָה2
third יִזְעַםתִּזְעַםיִזְעֲמוּתִּזְעַמְנָה2
imperative זְעַםזַעֲמִיזַעֲמוּזְעַמְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָעַמְתֶּם and זָעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

or

Conjugation of זָעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לזעום / לִזְעֹם
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: זָעוּם
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָעַמְתִּיזָעַמְנוּ
second זָעַמְתָּזָעַמְתְּזְעַמְתֶּם1זְעַמְתֶּן1
third זָעַםזָעֲמָהזָעֲמוּ
present זוֹעֵםזוֹעֶמֶתזוֹעֲמִיםזוֹעֲמוֹת
future first אזעום / אֶזְעֹםנזעום / נִזְעֹם
second תזעום / תִּזְעֹםתִּזְעֲמִיתִּזְעֲמוּתזעומנה / תִּזְעֹמְנָה2
third יזעום / יִזְעֹםתזעום / תִּזְעֹםיִזְעֲמוּתזעומנה / תִּזְעֹמְנָה2
imperative זעום / זְעֹםזַעֲמִיזַעֲמוּזעומנה / זְעֹמְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָעַמְתֶּם and זָעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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