Lexical Definition

‎צוֹם‎ tsôwm (tsome) fast ^H:N-M
or צֹם tsôm (tsome); from ‎צוּם‎

fast(-ing).

• a fast

1) fast, fasting

See Greek: νηστεία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צוֺם‎ noun masculine^{Isa 58:5} fasting, fast; — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute 2Sam 12:16 +, construct Zech 8:19 (4 t.); suffix ‎צֹמְכֶם‎ Isa 58:3 plural ‎צוֺמוֺת‎ Esth 9:31 — fast, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2Sam 12:16 public observance 1Kgs 21:9; 1Kgs 21:12; 2Chr 20:3; Ezra 8:21; Jer 36:9; Jonah 3:5 (all object of ‎קָרָא‎ proclaim), compare Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15 (both object of ‎קַדְּשׁוּ‎); ‎יוֺם צוֺם‎ Jer 36:6, ‎יוֺם צֹמְכֶם‎ Isa 58:3, compare vIsa 58:5 (|| ‎יוֺם עַנּוֺת אָדָם נַפְשׁוֺ‎), vIsa 58:5 vIsa 58:6 of periodic fasts Zech 8:19 (4 t. in verse); Esth 9:31 act or state of fasting, ‎וּבְשַׂקִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎נֶאֶסְפוּ בְצ‎ Neh 9:1 compare Joel 2:12; Dan 9:3; Esth 4:3 ‎נַפְשִׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎עִנֵּיתִי בַצּ‎ Ps 35:13 compare Ps 69:11* (on ‎וָאֶבְכֶּה‎ see Che Bae); causing physical weakness Ps 109:24.

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