צָמַתtsâmath

put an end to, exterminate

Pronunciation: tsaw-math' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6789

Meanings

Qal: put an end to (Lamentations 3:63)

Niph`al: be ended, annihilated (Job 23:17; Job 6:17)

Pi`el: put an end to (Psalms 119:139)

Pi`lel: annihilated (Psalms 88:17)

Hiph`il: exterminate, annihilate (Psalms 73:27; Psalms 94:23; Psalms 143:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 22:41 You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.
  • Job 6:17 But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears. The brook vanishes in the heat.
  • Job 23:17 Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.
  • Psalms 18:40 You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.
  • Psalms 54:5 May the evil plans of my enemies be turned against them. Do as you promised and put an end to them.
  • Psalms 69:4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs on my head. Many enemies try to destroy me with lies, demanding that I give back what I didn’t steal.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).