צום

⁧צום⁩ • (transliteration needed)

1. to fast, to abstain

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

⁧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)
   • Tanach, 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.

• ⁧תַּעֲנִית⁩

• ⁧צוֹם קַל⁩

• ⁧צָם⁩

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʊm/

⁧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.