† [
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 3rd person masculine singular תַּם Genesis 47:18 +
3 times (+ Qr
מֵאֵשׁ֯ תַּם Jeremiah 6:29);
3rd person plural תַּמּוּ Deuteronomy 2:16 +;
תָּ֑מּוּ 2 Kings 7:13;
1st person plural תַּמְנוּ (Ges
§ 67dd)
Numbers 17:28 [
Numbers 17:13];
Psalm 64:7;
תָּ֑מְנוּ Jeremiah 44:18; (
Lamentations 3:22 read
תַּמּוּ

Ew Löhr Bu);
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתֹּם (Ges
§ 67g)
Genesis 47:15;
Ezekiel 47:12;
3rd person feminine singular תִתֻּם Ezekiel 24:11 (Ges
§ 67q; strike out Co),
תִּתֹּם Genesis 47:18;
1 Kings 7:22;
1st person singular אֵיתָ֑ם Psalm 19:14;
3rd person masculine plural יִתַּ֫מּוּ Numbers 14:35 +,
וַיִּתְּמוּ Deuteronomy 34:8;
Infinitive construct תֹּם Leviticus 25:29 +
10 times;
תָּםֿ Isaiah 18:5; suffix
תֻּתִּי Jeremiah 27:8 +
7 times suffix; —
1. be finished, completed; the writing of words
Deuteronomy 31:24,
30 (see Dr.; J),
Job 31:40; building of temple
1 Kings 6:22, compare
1 Kings 7:22;
fulfilled,
י׳'s command (by obedience)
Joshua 4:10 (E); as auxiliary + finite verb =
completely, wholly, entirely,
תַּמּוּ נִבְתָ֑וּ Joshua 3:16 (E)
were wholly cut off;
סָפוּ תַמּוּ Psalm 73:19 entirely consumed; followed by
ל infinitive:
תַּמּוּ לעבור were finished in regard to, etc., i.e.
were entirely passed over Joshua 3:17;
Joshua 4:1,
11 (JE)
2 Samuel 15:24;
לחמּול Joshua 5:8 (E)
entirely circumcised, Numbers 17:28.
5. be finished, consumed, destroyed: people
Numbers 14:33 (J),
Numbers 14:35; Numbers 17:28 (P; ||
מות).
Numbers 32:13 (J),
Joshua 8:24;
Joshua 10:20 (JE),
Deuteronomy 2:14,
15,
16;
Joshua 5:6 (D),
1 Kings 14:10;
2 Kings 7:13;
Isaiah 16:4;
Jeremiah 14:15;
Jeremiah 24:10;
Jeremiah 27:8;
Jeremiah 36:23;
Jeremiah 44:12 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 44:18,
27;
Psalm 9:7 (but read
דַּמּוּ),
Psalm 104:35.
6. be complete, sound, unimpaired, ethically,
Psalm 19:14 (||
נִקָּה; late).
7. twice, very strangely, si vera lectio, transitive:
Psalm 64:7 תמנו we have completed (read probably
הֲתִמֹּנוּ);
Jeremiah 27:8 עַדתֻּֿמֹּי אֹתָם בְּיָדוֺ (read with Gr
תִּתִּי).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הֲתִמֹּ֫תִי Ezekiel 22:15;
3rd person masculine plural הֵחַמּ֫וּ 2 Samuel 20:18;
Imperfect יַתֵּם 2 Kings 22:4;
2nd person masculine singular תַּתֵּם Job 22:3 (Ges
§ 67y);
Infinitive absolute הָחֵם Ezekiel 24:10;
construct, id.,
Daniel 8:23 +
Daniel 9:24 Qr (see Dr.); suffix
הֲתִֽמְךְ (Ges
§ 67v)
Isaiah 33:1; —
1. finish, complete, perfect, a matter
2 Samuel 20:18 (but
Qal,
come to an end, with
ה interrogative, We Dr and others); flesh in cooking
Ezekiel 24:10.
2. finish, cease doing a thing, followed by participle (Ges
§ 120b),
שׁוֺדֵד Isaiah 33:1.
5. causative (of
Qal 6): accusative
דרכיך Job 22:3 make sound thy ways.
Hithp. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּתַּמָּם 2 Samuel 22:26, with
עִם deal in integrity with =
Psalm 18:26 (late, see
Qal 6).
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