Lexicon :: Strong's H8552 - tāmam

תָּמַם

Transliteration

tāmam

Pronunciation

taw-mam'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2522

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תָּמַם tâmam, taw-mam'; a primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive:—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, × be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H8552 in the following manner: consume (26x), end (9x), finished (4x), clean (3x), upright (3x), spent (3x), perfect (2x), done (2x), failed (2x), accomplish (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to be complete, be finished, be at an end
1. (Qal)
  1. to be finished, be completed
    1. completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb)
  2. to be finished, come to an end, cease
  3. to be complete (of number)
  4. to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent
  5. to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed
  6. to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically)
  7. to complete, finish
  8. to be completely crossed over
2. (Niphal) to be consumed
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to finish, complete, perfect
  2. to finish, cease doing, leave off doing
  3. to complete, sum up, make whole
  4. to destroy (uncleanness)
  5. to make sound
4. (Hithpael) to deal in integrity, act uprightly

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STRONGS H8552: Abbreviations

† [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.

2. be finished, come to an end, cease: the year, Genesis 47:18 (J), Leviticus 25:29 (P), Jeremiah 1:3; the years of י׳ have no end Psalm 102:28; days of weeping Deuteronomy 34:8 (P), compare Lamentations 4:22; also Isaiah 18:5; Lamentations 3:22.

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

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

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.

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

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

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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