זָהַם zâham — to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe
Translated in the KJV as abhor.
a primitive root; to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe.
zâham in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּ Job 33:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›