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Habakkuk 3:12
“Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זַעַםzaʻam · zah'-am
H2195 · Hebrew
H2195 · Hebrew
- Definition
- strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
- Derivation
- from H2194 (זָעַם);
- KJV renderings
- angry, indignation, rage.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- זַ֖עַם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 38:4Psalms 69:25Psalms 78:49Psalms 102:11Isaiah 10:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זַעַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.