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I. זִמָּה noun feminine plan, device, wickedness — absolute ׳ ז Lev 18:17 + 17 t.; construct זִמַּת Prov 24:9 + 2 t.; suffix זִמָּתֵךְ Ezek 16:58 + 3t.; זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿה Ezek 23:48; Ezek 23:49 plural זמּוֺת Isa 32:7, suffix זִמֹּתַי Job 17:11 —
1.
plan, purpose
Job 17:3
elsewhere always
2. in bad sense:
a.
evil device
Isa 32:7 (with
יעִץ, followed by לְחַבֵּל); זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת
Prov 24:9
compare Ps 26:10
(|| שֹׁחַד), Ps 119:150.
b.
wickedness in act ׳
עשׂה ז
Hos 6:9 (where
murder in context), Prov 10:23; Prov 21:27 compare Now.
Especially
c. of unchastity: incest Lev 18:17; Lev 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness
Lev 19:29
(all
H
), Judg
20:6 (|| נְבָלָה), adultery Job 31:11 frequently (mostly Ezekiel) metaphor of
idolatry of people under figure of harlotry and adultery Jer 13:27 (זִמַּת זְנוּתֵךְ), Ezek 16:27
(דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה), Ezek 16:43 Ezek 16:58 (both || תּוֺעֵבָה), Ezek 22:9
(with עשׂה), Ezek 22:11 (טִמֵּא בְּזִמָּה, || תועבה),
Ezek 23:21
;
Ezek 23:27 (|| זְנוּתֵךְ), Ezek 23:29 (עֶרְוַת
זְנוּנַיִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), Ezek 23:35 (|| תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ
),
Ezek 23:44 (׳
אִשּׁוֺת הַזּ, Co
׳
לעשׂות ז), Ezek 23:48 Ezek 23:48 Ezek 23:49 (|| חֲטָאֵי גִלּוּלֵיכֶן),
Ezek 24:13
. [In
Ezek 16:27; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 24:13 strike out
Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]