נזם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ז־ם (n-z-m)
2 terms

Related to זָמַם (zamám, “to tie up, to muzzle”); compare Arabic زِمَام (zimām, “reins”), Aramaic זְמָמָא (zəmāmā, “reins”), Classical Syriac ܙܡܳܡܳܐ (zəmāmā, “reins”).

Pronunciation

Noun

נֶזֶם • (nézem) m (plural indefinite נְזָמים, plural construct נִזְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. nose ring
  2. (biblical) any facial piercing (nose ring, earring)
    Synonym: חָח
    • Tanach, Exodus 32:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אַהֲרֹן פָּרְקוּ נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵי נְשֵׁיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם וְהָבִיאוּ אֵלָי׃
      Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
    • Tanach, Genesis 24:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם׃
      When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing a half-shekel, and two gold bands for her arms, ten shekels in weight.

Declension

Declension of נֶזֶם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite נֶזֶם first נִזְמִי נִזְמֵנוּ
definite הַנֶּזֶם second נִזְמְךָ נִזְמֵךְ נִזְמְכֶם נִזְמְכֶן
construct נֶזֶם־ third נִזְמוֹ נִזְמָהּ נִזְמָם נִזְמָן
plural indefinite נְזָמִים first נזמיי / נְזָמַי נְזָמֵינוּ
definite הַנְּזָמִים second נְזָמֶיךָ נזמייך / נְזָמַיִךְ נִזְמֵיכֶם נִזְמֵיכֶן
construct נִזְמֵי־ third נְזָמָיו נְזָמֶיהָ נִזְמֵיהֶם נִזְמֵיהֶן

Derived terms

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