צָמַת

vb. put an end to, exterminate, poet. and (in Qal, Pi.) hyperb. (proposes compress, NH id., press together; Arabic صَمَتَ is be silent, ii, iv. make speechless, silence; Syriac ܨܡܰܬ be silent (in Lexx));— Pf. 3 pl. צָֽמְתוּ … חַיָּ֑י La 3:53 they have put an end to my life (Bu conj. Pi.). be ended, annihilated; Pf. 1 s. נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חשֶׁךְ Jb 23:17 I am [not] annihilated because of (the) darkness; 3 pl. נִצְמָ֑תוּ Jb 6:17 (of dried-up brooks). Pf. 3 fs. sf. צִמְּחַתְנִי ψ 119:139 קִנְאָתִי hath put an end to me (it is so intense). Piʿlēl Pf. 3 pl. sf. צִמְּתֻתוּנִי (but read צִמְּתוּנִי Ges§ 55 d, or צִמְּתָ֑תְנִי Hi [Ges§ 145 k]; cf. Bae) ψ 88:17 thine alarms have annihilated me. Pf. 2 ms. הִצְמַתָּה ψ 73:27; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַצְמִיתֵם ψ 94:23(×2); 2 ms. תַּצְמִית ψ 143:12, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. הַצְמִיתֵם ψ 54:7; Pt. pl. sf. מַצְמִיתַי ψ 69:5;—exterminate, annihilate, c. acc. pers., subj. Psalmist ψ 18:41 = 2 S 22:41 (read as in ψ), 101:5, 8; his foes ψ 69:5; י׳ 54:7; 73:27; 94:23(×2); 143:12.