STRONGS NUMBER H6684


Word Summary
tsum: to abstain from food, fast
Original Word: צוּם
Transliteration: tsum
Phonetic Spelling: (tsoom)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to abstain from food, fast
Meaning: to abstain from food, fast
Strong's Concordance
fast

A primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. To fast -- X at all, fast.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6684. tsum

[צוּם‎] verb abstain from food, fast (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic () , Ethiopic Aramaic צוּם‎, ); —

Qal Perfect2masculine singular צַמְתָּ2 Samuel 12:21; 2masculine plural צַמְתֶּםZechariah 7:5, suffix צַמְתֻּנִי7:5; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיָּ֫צָם2 Samuel 12:16, וַיָּצוֺ֑ם1 Kings 21:27; 1singular אָצוּםEsther 4:16, etc.; Imperative masculine plural צוּמוּ4:16; Infinitive absolute צוֺםZechariah 7:5; Participle צָם2 Samuel 12:23; Nehemiah 1:4; — fast, in mourning the dead 1 Samuel 31:13 = 1 Chronicles 10:12; 2 Samuel 1:12; in worship (contrition, intercession, etc.) Jon 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Samuel 12:16 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb צוֺם‎; "" בִּקֵּשׁ‎), 12:23 and (+בָּכָה‎), 12:21; 12:22 (q. v. for explanation), Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah 7:5 (+סְפוֺד‎), צַמְתֻּנִי הֲצוֺם7:5 (Ges§ 117x) was it at all unto me [׳י‎] that ye fasted ? צָם וָאֱהִיNehemiah 1:4 (periphrase conjectural; +מִתְמַּלֵּל‎), compare Ezra 8:23 (+בִּמֵּשׁ‎), Esther 4:16 (with עַל‎ person for whom), 4:16, Isaiah 58:3 ("" נַפְשֵׁנוּ עִנִּינוּ‎), 58:4 (with ל‎ of thing), 58:4; once in disappointment and vexation 1 Kings 21:27.