Hebrew · H8552 · unreviewed

תָּמַם

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

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תָּמַם H8552

What does תָּמַם mean in the Bible?

תָּמַם is a Hebrew word meaning "to complete , in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive".

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Meaning

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

to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive BDB: be complete Usage: 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.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 36×
Perfect 2Kgs 7:13 · Deut 2:16 · Isa 16:4 · Job 31:40 · Josh 3:16 · Josh 3:17 · Josh 4:1 · Josh 5:8 · Ps 9:7 · Ps 73:19 · Gen 47:18 · Jer 6:29 · Josh 4:11 · Lam 4:22 · Jer 44:18 · Lam 3:22 18×
Infinitive construct 1Kgs 6:22 · 2Sam 15:24 · Deut 2:14 · Jer 1:3 · Jer 36:23 · Jer 37:21 · Josh 4:10 · Josh 5:6 · Num 14:33 · Num 32:13 10×
Imperfect Jer 14:15 · Jer 44:12 · Num 14:35 · Ps 102:28 · Ps 104:35 · Ezek 24:11 · Ezek 47:12 · Ps 19:14
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others
Imperfect 2Sam 22:26 · Ps 18:26
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Perfect 2Sam 20:18
Infinitive absolute Ezek 24:10
Imperfect Job 22:3
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