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.
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).