שָׂטַם (b. h; cmp. טמם) to lie in wait for; to bear a grudge against, persecute. Gen. R. s. 67, v. סִנְטֵר. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ (expl. ריש̇ט̇ם̇, Gen. XXVII, 41) ש̇נאה ט̇מ̇ונה hidden hatred. Pesik. R. s. 13 יוסף … יַיִּשְׂטְמוּהוּ והיו … ששוֹטְמָם וכ׳ his brothers sinned against Joseph, ‘and they persecuted him’ (Gen. XLIX, 23), and his brothers thought that he would persecute them as they did him; אבל עשו כששְׂטָמוֹ ליעקב וכ׳ but when Esau persecuted Jacob &c.; a. e.
Nif. - נִשְׂטַם to be hated, persecuted. Num. R. s. 145 זה נ׳ וזה נ׳ this one (Jacob) was hated (Gen. XXVII, 41), and that one (Joseph) was hated (ib. XLIX, 23).