Lexical Definition

‎צָמַת‎ tsâmath (tsaw-math') to destroy ^H:V
a primitive root

consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.

• to extirpate (literally or figuratively)

1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate
1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate
1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated
1c) (Piel) to put an end to
1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated
1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

See Greek: ἀποκτείνω · ἀφανίζω · ἐκδιώκω · ἐξολοθρεύω · ἐχθρός · θανατόω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צָמַת‎] verb put an end to, exterminate, in poetry and (in Qal, Pi`el) hyperbolic (properly compress, Late Hebrew id., press together; Arabic is be silent, II, IV.make speechless, silence; Syriac be silent (in Lexicons)); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎צָֽמְתוּ ֗֗֗ חַיָּ֑י‎ Lam 3:63 = they have put an end to my life (Bu conjectures Pi`el). Niph`al be ended, annihilated; Perfect 1 singular ‎נִצְמַתִּת מִפְּנֵיאחשֶׁךְ‎ Job 23:17 I am [not] annihilated because of (the) darkness; 3 plural ‎נִצְמָ֑תוּ‎ Job 6:17 (of dried-up brooks). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎צִמְּתַתְנִי‎ Ps 119:139 ‎קִנְאָתִי‎ hath put an end to me (it is so intense). Pi`lel Perfect 3 plural suffix ‎צִמְּתֻתוּנִי‎ (but read ‎צִמְּתוּנִי‎ Ges^{«GKC:55d»§ 55d}, or ‎צִמְּתָ֑תְנִי‎) Hi [Ges^{«GKC:145k»§ 145k}]; compare Bae) Ps 88:17* thine alarms have annihilated me. Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הִצְמַתָּה‎ Ps 73:27 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַצְמִיתֵם‎ Ps 94:23 (twice in verse); 2 masculine singular ‎תַּצְמִית‎ Ps 143:12, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎הַצְמִיתֵם‎ Ps 54:7* Participle plural suffix ‎מַצְמִיתַי‎ Ps 69:5* — exterminate, annihilate, with accusative of person, subject Psalmist Ps 18:41* = 2Sam 22:41 (read as in Psalms), Ps 101:5; Ps 101:8 his foes Ps 69:5* ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 54:7*; Ps 73:27; Ps 94:23 (twice in verse); Ps 143:12.

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