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H6684צוּםtsum

to fastPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 5
  11. 1
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 3
  39. Malachi: 0

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21 occurrences in 17 verses

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  1. Judges 20:26

    Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

    וַיָּצ֥וּמוּ (יָּצ֥וּמוּ) i.ya.Tzu.mu “they fasted”

  2. 1 Samuel 7:6

    So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

    וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙ (יָּצ֙וּמוּ֙) i.ya.Tzu.mu “they fasted”

  3. 1 Samuel 31:13

    And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.

    וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ (יָּצֻ֖מוּ) i.ya.Tzu.mu “they fasted”

  4. 2 Samuel 1:12

    And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

    וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ (יָּצֻ֖מוּ) i.ya.Tzu.mu “they fasted”

  5. 2 Samuel 12:16

    So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

    וַיָּ֤צָם (יָּ֤צָם) i.Ya.tzom “he fasted”

  6. 2 Samuel 12:21

    Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

    צַ֣מְתָּ Tzam.ta “you fasted”

  7. 2 Samuel 12:22

    And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

    צַ֖מְתִּי Tzam.ti “I fasted”

  8. 2 Samuel 12:23

    But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.

    צָ֔ם Tzam “fasting”

  9. 1 Kings 21:27

    Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

    וַיָּצ֑וֹם (יָּצ֑וֹם) i.ya.Tzom “he fasted”

  10. 1 Chronicles 10:12

    All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

    וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ (יָּצ֖וּמוּ) i.ya.Tzu.mu “they fasted”

  11. Ezra 8:23

    So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

    וַנָּצ֛וּמָה (נָּצ֛וּמָ) na.Tzu.ma “we fasted”

  12. Nehemiah 1:4

    Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

    צָם֙ tzam “fasting”

  13. Esther 4:16

    Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to

    וְצ֣וּמוּ (צ֣וּמוּ) Tzu.mu “fast”אָצ֣וּם 'a.Tzum “I will fast”

  14. Isaiah 58:3

    They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

    צַּ֙מְנוּ֙ tzam.nu “have we fasted”

  15. Isaiah 58:4

    If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

    תָּצ֔וּמוּ ta.Tzu.mu “you fast”תָצ֣וּמוּ ta.Tzu.mu “you fast”

  16. Jeremiah 14:12

    When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.

    יָצֻ֗מוּ ya.Tzu.mu “they will fast”

  17. Zechariah 7:5

    Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

    צַמְתֶּ֨ם tzam.Tem “you fasted”הֲצ֥וֹם (צ֥וֹם) Tzom “really <to fast>”צַמְתֻּ֖נִי (צַמְתֻּ֖) tzam.Tu. “did you fast for”