Lexical Definition

‎צַמִּים‎ tsammîym (tsam-meem') snare ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎צַמָּה‎

robber.

• a noose (as fastening)
• figuratively, destruction

1) snare, trap, noose
1a) meaning doubtful

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צַמִּים‎ noun masculine doubtful word, usually snare, trap (from || ‎פַּח‎ Job 18:9); — ‎חֵילָם‎ ‎׳‎‎וְשָׁאַף צ‎ Job 5:5 and a snare snappeth at his wealth (so Bu Bev^{Jphil. xxvi. 304 f.}; Vrss Di Du and most modern ‎צְמֵאִים‎, or ‎צָמֵא‎, the thirsty, sometiems with change of‎וְשָׁאַף‎); Job 18:9 (|| ‎פַּח‎; Che^{Jq ix (1897), 578} ‎צִירִים‎ pangs, compare Isa 13:8).

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