Za'am (זעם) means fury in Hebrew.
It can also mean wrath and rage. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
fury, wrath, rage
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Za'am.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כעס עז אשר עלול לגרור התנהגות בלתי שקולה ואף אלימה.
לֹא־יָשַׁבְתִּי בְסוֹד־מְשַׂחֲקִים, וָאֶעְלֹז מִפְּנֵי יָדְךָ; בָּדָד יָשַׁבְתִּי, כִּי־זַעַם מִלֵּאתָנִי.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Za'am is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- זַעַם
- Written without vowel points
- זעם
- Said
- za'am
- Root
- ז־ע־מ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Gematria
- 117
This is how Za'am is said in other languages.
- English
- fury, wrath, rage
- Arabic
- حنق, غيظ
- Russian
- ярость
- French
- fureur, rage
- Spanish
- furor, furia
- German
- Wut, Zorn
These words mean nearly the same as Za'am.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Za'am.
The word Za'am is part of these phrases and sayings.
- עד יעבור זעם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Za'am comes from the root ז־ע־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Za'am in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Za'am.
What does Za'am (זעם) mean in Hebrew?
Za'am (זעם) means fury, wrath, and rage. It is said za'am, with the stress on za'.
What is a synonym for Za'am (זעם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Za'am (זעם) are זעף, חימה, חרון, אש, אף, and כעס.
What rhymes with Za'am (זעם)?
Words that rhyme with Za'am (זעם) include טעם and שעם.
Is Za'am (זעם) masculine or feminine?
The word Za'am (זעם) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry זעם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.