צום

צום

Aramaic

Verb

צום • (transliteration needed)

1. to fast, to abstain

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ו־ם‎ (ṣ-w-m)

Compare Arabic صَوْم‎ (ṣawm), Ge'ez ጾም (ṣom).

Noun

צוֹם • (tsom) m (plural indefinite צוֹמוֹת‎, singular construct צוֹם־, plural construct צוֹמוֹת־‎)

1. fast (a period of time, during which one abstains from food and drink)
   • Esther 4:3, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     ‏ […] אֵבֶל גָּדוֹל לַיְּהוּדִים וְצוֹם וּבְכִי וּמִסְפֵּד שַׂק וָאֵפֶר יֻצַּע לָרַבִּים׃‎‎

     […] 'ével gadól lay'hudím v'tzóm uv'khí umispéd sáq va'éfer yutzá' larabím.

     […] there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

   • Unetanneh Tokef, traditional High Holidays liturgical poem of unclear origin

     ‏בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יִכָּתֵבוּן, וּבְיוֹם צוֹם כִּפּוּר יֵחָתֵמוּן.‎‎

     b'rósh hashaná yikatevún, uv'yóm tzóm kippúr yekhatemún.

     On the New Year it is written, and on the Day of the Fast of Atonement it is sealed.

Synonyms

• תַּעֲנִית‎

Derived terms

• צוֹם קַל‎

Related terms

• צָם‎

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Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʊm/

Preposition

צום • (tsum)

1. Contraction of צו דעם‎ (tsu dem): to the.
2. Precedes a superlative adjective in the dative singular to create a superlative adverb.