Lexical Definition

‎תָּם‎ tâm (tawm) complete ^H:A
from ‎תָּמַם‎

coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.

• complete
• usually (morally) pious
• specifically, gentle, dear

1) perfect, complete
1a) complete, perfect
1a1) one who lacks nothing in physical strength, beauty, etc
1b) sound, wholesome
1b1) an ordinary, quiet sort of person
1c) complete, morally innocent, having integrity
1c1) one who is morally and ethically pure

See Greek: ἄκακος · ἀληθινός · ἄμεμπτος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: תָּאַם

‎תָּם‎ adjective complete — ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 25:27 + 10 t.; suffix ‎תַּמָּתִי‎ Song 5:2; Song 6:9 (late, except Gen 25:27); —

1. complete, perfect: in beauty Song 5:2; Song 6:9 of physical strength Ps 73:4 (read ‎לָ֑מוֺ תָּם‎ Ew De Dr^{Sam. xxxi} Che Bae and others).

2. sound, wholesome: ‎אישׁ תָּם‎, of Jacob as tent-dweller, opposed to Esau, hunter, Gen 25:27 (J; De leutseliger Mann, Di ruhig, still, AV RV plain man; ‎׳‎‎ת‎ here possibly redactional, = 3).

3. complete, morally innocent, having integrity: ‎אִישׁ תָּם‎ Job 1:8; Job 2:3 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ alone Job 1:1; Job 8:20; Job 9:20; Job 9:21; Job 9:22; Prov 29:10; Ps 37:37; Ps 64:5*. — ‎תַּמִּים‎ see [‎תָּאם‎]. p. 1060f

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