Lexical Summary zaham: to be foul, loathsome Original Word: זָהַםTransliteration: zaham Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-ham') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be foul, loathsome Meaning: to be rancid, to loathe Strong's Concordance abhor A primitive root; to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe -- abhor. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2092. zaham [זָהַם] verb be foul, loathsome, but only Pi`el causat. (Late Hebrew id., be foul, Pi`el make foul; Aramaic זְהִים foul, make foul, fetid; Arabic stink, be greasy) — Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular לָ֑חֶם חַיָּתוֺ וְזִהֲמַתּוּ (consecutive) Job 33:20 his life maketh it, bread, loathsome to him ("" תַּאֲוָה מַאֲכַל ונפשׁו) (On suffix see Ges§ 131, 2, R. 4; Dr1 Samuel 21:14: according to Siegf the word is hopelessly corrupt.) |