Lexical Definition

‎מְזִמָּה‎ mᵉzimmâh (mez-im-maw') plot ^H:N-F
from ‎זָמַם‎

(wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.

• a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)

1) purpose, discretion, device, plot
1a) purpose
1b) discretion
1c) devices (evil)

See Greek: βδέλυγμα · βουλή · ἔννοια · καλός · παρανομία · φρόνιμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְזִמָּה‎ noun feminine purpose, discretion, device (Jeremiah and Wisdom Literature), ‎מְזִמָּה‎ Job 42:2 + 5 t.; ‎הַמְּזִמָּ֫תָה‎ Jer 11:15 **altogether ‎עָֽשְׂתָה מְזִמֹּת ַ˜הנְדָרִים וּבְשַׂר קֹדֶשׁ יִעֲבִרוּ מֵעָלַיִח תָעָתֵךְ‎ (but read for ‎רַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎המ‎ with ᵐ5 ‎הַמְּזִמֹּת‎ ‎ַ˜הנְדָרִים‎); ‎מְזִמָּתוֺ‎ Jer 51:11 plural absolute ‎מְזִמּוֺת‎ Ps 37:7 + 7 t.; construct id. Jer 23:20; Jer 30:24 suffix ‎מְזִמּוֺתָיו‎ Ps 10:4 —

1. of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s purposes Job 42:2 chiefly in punishment (compare ‎זָמַם‎, ‎זִמָּה‎) Jer 23:20; Jer 30:24; Jer 51:11(|| ‎זמם‎ vJer 51:12).

2. power of devising, discretion Prov 1:4 (|| ‎דַּעַת‎), Prov 2:11 (|| ‎תְּבוּנָה‎), Prov 3:21 (|| ‎תֻּשִׁיָּה‎), Prov 5:2 (|| ‎דַּעַת‎); ‎דַּעַת מְזִמּוֺת‎ Prov 8:12.

3. a. evil thoughts of men Ps 10:4, evil devices of men Job 21:27 (|| ‎מחשׁבות‎), Ps 10:2; Ps 21:12* (both with ‎חָשַׁב‎).
b. wickedness in act Jer 11:15; Ps 37:7 (both with ‎עָשָׂה‎), Ps 139:20 ‎לִמְזִמָּה‎ = wickedly; — note phrases: ‎מְזִמּוֺת אישׁ‎ a man of (evil) devices (or practices) Prov 12:2 (opposed to ‎טוֺכ‎) Prov 14:17 ‎בַּעַלמְֿזִמּוֺת‎ Prov 24:8 (|| ‎מְחַשֵּׁב‎ ‎לְהָרֵעַ‎; see ‎בַּעַל‎).

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