Lexical Definition

‎תָּמַם‎ tâmam (taw-mam') to finish ^H:V
a primitive root

accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.

• to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive

1) to be complete, be finished, be at an end
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be finished, be completed
1a1a) completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb)
1a2) to be finished, come to an end, cease
1a3) to be complete (of number)
1a4) to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent
1a5) to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed
1a6) to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically)
1a7) to complete, finish
1a8) to be completely crossed over
1b) (Niphal) to be consumed
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to finish, complete, perfect
1c2) to finish, cease doing, leave off doing
1c3) to complete, sum up, make whole
1c4) to destroy (uncleanness)
1c5) to make sound
1d) (Hithpael) to deal in integrity, act uprightly

See Greek: ἄθωος · ἀναλίσκω · ἀπόλλυμι · ἐκλείπω · ἐξαίφνης · ἐξέρχομαι · ἡσυχία · παύω · πίπτω · πληρόω · συντελέω · σφραγίζω · τελειόω · τήκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תָּמַם‎], ‎תַּם‎ verb be complete, finished (Arabic id., Phoenician ‎תם‎, Syriac derived species and derivatives; compare Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare), Aramaic ‎תְּמִימָא‎, perfect); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎תַּם‎ Gen 47:18 + 3 t. (+ Qr ‎מֵאֵשׁ֯ תַּם‎ Jer 6:29); 3 plural ‎תַּמּוּ‎ Deut 2:16 +; ‎תָּ֑מּוּ‎ 2Kgs 7:13 1 plural ‎תַּמְנוּ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67dd»§ 67dd}) Num 17:28*; Ps 64:7* ‎תָּ֑מְנוּ‎ Jer 44:18 (Lam 3:22 read ‎תַּמּוּ‎ ᵑ7 ᵑ6 Ew Löhr Bu); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִתֹּם‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67g»§ 67g}) Gen 47:15; Ezek 47:12 3 feminine singular ‎תִתֻּם‎ Ezek 24:11 (Ges^{«GKC:67q»§ 67q}; strike out Co), ‎תִּתֹּם‎ Gen 47:18; 1Kgs 7:22 1 singular ‎אֵיתָ֑ם‎ Ps 19:14* 3 masculine plural ‎יִתַּ֫מּוּ‎ Num 14:35 +, ‎וַיִּתְּמוּ‎ Deut 34:8 Infinitive construct ‎תֹּם‎ Lev 25:29 + 10 t.; ‎תָּםֿ‎ Isa 18:5 suffix ‎תֻּתִּי‎ Jer 27:8 + 7 t. suffix; —

1. be finished, completed; the writing of words Deut 31:24; Deut 31:30 (see Dr.; J), Job 31:40 building of temple 1Kgs 6:22, compare 1Kgs 7:22 fulfilled, ‎׳‎‎י‎'s command (by obedience) Josh 4:10 (E); as auxil. + finite verb = completely, wholly, entirely, ‎תַּמּוּ נִבְתָ֑וּ‎ Josh 3:16 (E) were wholly cut off; ‎סָפוּ‎ ‎תַמּוּ‎ Ps 73:19 entirely consumed; followed by ‎ל‎ infinitive: ‎תַּמּוּ‎ ‎לעבור‎ were finished in regard to, etc., i.e. were entirely passed over Josh 3:17; Josh 4:1; Josh 4:11 (JE) 2Sam 15:24 ‎לחמּול‎ Josh 5:8 (E) entirely circumcised, Num 17:28*.

2. be finished, come to an end, cease: the year, Gen 47:18 (J), Lev 25:29 (P), Jer 1:3 the years of ‎׳‎‎י‎ have no end Ps 102:28* days of weeping Deut 34:8 (P), compare Lam 4:22 also Isa 18:5; Lam 3:22.

3. be complete, of number, 1Sam 16:11.

4. be consumed, exhausted, spent: silver Gen 47:15; Gen 47:18 (J); strength Lev 26:20 (H); lead Jer 6:29 (Qr); bread Jer 37:21 fruit Ezek 47:12 rust Ezek 24:11.

5. be finished, consumed, destroyed: people Num 14:33 (J), vNum 14:35; Num 17:28* (P; || ‎מות‎). Num 32:13 (J), Josh 8:24; Josh 10:20 (JE), Deut 2:14; Deut 2:15; Deut 2:16; Josh 5:6 (D), 1Kgs 14:10; 2Kgs 7:13; Isa 16:4; Jer 14:15; Jer 24:10; Jer 27:8; Jer 36:23; Jer 44:12 (twice in verse); Jer 44:18; Jer 44:27; Ps 9:7* (but read ‎דַּמּוּ‎), Ps 104:35.

6. be complete, sound, unimpaired, ethically, Ps 19:14* (|| ‎נִקָּה‎; late).

7. twice, very strangely, si vera 1., transitive: Ps 64:7* ‎תמנו‎ we have completed (read probably ‎הֲתִמֹּנוּ‎); Jer 27:8 ‎עַדתֻּֿמֹּי אֹתָם בְּיָדוֺ‎ (read with Gr ‎תִּתִּי‎). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular ‎הֲתִמֹּ֫תִי‎ Ezek 22:15 3 masculine plural ‎הֵחַמּ֫וּ‎ 2Sam 20:18 Imperfect ‎יַתֵּם‎ 2Kgs 22:4 2 masculine singular ‎תַּתֵּם‎ Job 22:3 (Ges^{«GKC:67y»§ 67y}); Infinitive absolute ‎הָחֵם‎ Ezek 24:10 construct, id., Dan 8:23 + Dan 9:24 Qr (see Dr.); suffix ‎הֲִ˜תמְךְ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67v»§ 67v}) Isa 33:1 —

1. finish, complete, perfect, a matter 2Sam 20:18 (but Qal, come to an end, with ‎ה‎ interrogative, We Dr and others); flesh in cooking Ezek 24:10.

2. finish, cease doing a thing, followed by participle (Ges^{«GKC:120b»§ 120b}), ‎שׁוֺדֵד‎ Isa 33:1.

3. complete, sum up, with accusative money 2Kgs 22:4 (other conjectures Klo Gr Gi); transgressions Dan 8:23 sin Dan 9:24 (Qr; Kt ‎חתם‎).

4. destroy uncleanness, with ‎מן‎ from, Ezek 22:15.

5. causative (of Qal 6): accusative ‎דרכיך‎ Job 22:3 make sound thy ways. Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּתַּמָּם‎ 2Sam 22:26, with ‎עִם‎ deal in integrity with = Ps 18:26* (late, see Qal 6).

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