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זוּד zûwd — to seethe

pronounced zood · Strong's H2102 · 10 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as be proud, deal proudly, presume, presumptuously, sod.

or (by permutation) זִיד; a primitive root; to seethe; figuratively, to be insolent.

zûwd in each stem

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Wayyiqtol 2

וַיָּ֥זֶד Gen 25:29 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: (KJV)

יָזִ֥ד Exod 21:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. (KJV)

וַתָּזִ֖דוּ Deut 1:43 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine plural

So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

זָד֖וּ Exod 18:11 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. (KJV)

זָ֖דָה Jer 50:29 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. (KJV)

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