zamam

For they speak against You wickedly, and Your enemies take Your name in vain.  Psalm 139:20  NASB Wickedly– What does it mean to speak against God wickedly?  Hebrew poetry often employs parallelism in order to provide elaboration of one idea with another. In this verse, mezimmâ (from zāmam, “to plan, devise, consider”) is equated to taking YHVH’s name in vain. …