H8549 - תָּמִים (tamiym)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H8549
Original: תָּמִים
Transliteration: tamiym
Pronunciation: taw-meem
Part of Speech: adjective
Root: not populated in the Strong's DB
Occurrences: 85 unique OT verses; 91 tokens
First Occurrence: Gen 6:9 - "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From the lexicon table: entire, literally, figuratively, or morally; also as a noun, integrity/truth. KJV renderings include "without blemish," "complete," "full," "perfect," "sincerely," "sound," "without spot," "undefiled," "upright," and "whole."

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
without blemish	37	43.5%
perfect	13	15.3%
upright	6	7.1%
without spot	6	7.1%
uprightly	4	4.7%
whole	3	3.5%
and sincerely	2	2.4%
other single-verse renderings	14	16.5%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Leviticus	21	2.4
Numbers	17	1.3
Ezekiel	10	0.8
Proverbs	6	0.7
Amos	1	0.7
2 Samuel	4	0.6
Psalms	12	0.5
Joshua	2	0.3
Judges	2	0.3
Job	3	0.3
Deuteronomy	2	0.2
Exodus	2	0.2
Genesis	2	0.1
1 Samuel	1	0.1

Usage concentrates in sacrificial material in Leviticus/Numbers and in poetic/wisdom moral descriptions.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Sacrificial Wholeness / Without Blemish¶

Exo 12:5 - the Passover lamb is "without blemish."
Lev 1:3 - a burnt offering from the herd is to be "without blemish."
Num 6:14 - Nazirite offerings include lambs and a ram "without blemish."
Eze 46:13 - the daily burnt offering is a lamb "without blemish."

2. Moral Integrity / Uprightness¶

Gen 6:9 - Noah is described as "perfect in his generations."
Deut 18:13 - Israel is commanded to be "perfect with the LORD thy God."
Prov 2:21 - "the perfect shall remain" in the land.
Prov 28:18 - the one who walks "uprightly" is contrasted with crooked ways.

3. Whole / Complete State¶

Lev 25:30 - a house remains through a "full year."
Prov 1:12 - the violent imagine swallowing victims "whole."
Eze 15:5 - the vine was "whole" before being burned.

4. Sincerity / Truthfulness in Conduct¶

Josh 24:14 - serve YHWH "in sincerity and in truth."
Judg 9:16 - action "truly and sincerely" toward Jerubbaal.
Amos 5:10 - one who speaks "uprightly" in the gate.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
YHWH	H3068	34x	offerings or conduct before YHWH
son	H1121	29x	sacrificial animals described by age/sex
ram	H352	24x	"ram without blemish" offering formula
lamb	H3532	24x	lamb offering formula
year	H8141	23x	"of the first year" sacrificial phrase
day	H3117	21x	calendrical offering instructions
bullock	H6499	21x	bullock without blemish
offer/bring near	H7126	19x	presenting an acceptable offering
burnt offering	H5930	18x	tamim as required offering condition
sin offering	H2403	10x	unblemished animal for sin offering

Word Family / Cognates¶

H8548 תָּמִיד (tamiyd) - continual, regular; adjacent form in the Strong's list, not a semantic duplicate.
H8535 תָּם (tam) - complete, morally pious; shares the "complete/upright" sense in KJV overlap.
H8537 תֹּם (tom) - completeness, integrity.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
שָׁלֵם (shalem)	H8003	perfect	emphasizes completeness/peace/wholeness, often state or finishedness
תָּם (tam)	H8535	perfect	shorter adjective for complete/upright, more personal-moral in many contexts
יָשָׁר (yashar)	H3477	upright	straight/right; overlaps moral uprightness but lacks sacrificial "without blemish" range
ἄμωμος (amomos)	G299	without blemish/spot	main LXX/NT adjectival bridge for unblemished/blameless
τέλειος (teleios)	G5046	perfect	Greek completeness/maturity word; only a minor LXX bridge here

Semantic Domain¶

No curated SDBH relationship output was returned by search_relationships.py for H8549.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI	Score	Notes
ἄμωμος (amomos) G299	61	7.84	32.36	primary adjectival bridge
ἀμνός (amnos) G286	21	5.96	18.42	lamb context
μόσχος (moschos) G3448	20	4.67	14.23	calf/bullock context
ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokautoma) G3646	15	4.49	12.45	burnt-offering context
προσάγω (prosago) G4317	12	4.66	11.94	offering/presentation context