Zamzummim — the meaning of the Hebrew name זַמְזֹם

זַמְזֹם

Zamzôm · pronounced zam-zome' · Strong's H2157 · a man

Zamzummim means intriguing.

Built from

זָמַם zâmam (from, H2161) — to plan, usually in a bad sense open in the lexicon ›

from H2161; intriguing; a Zamzumite, or native tribe of Palestine.

Deut 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Deuteronomy

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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