wickedness
zim.mah names culpable conduct, especially sexual violation, and can also denote harmful plans.
The term most often marks culpable conduct condemned within a community, including violence, injustice, idolatrous behavior, and other acts treated as blameworthy. In sexual-prohibition and adultery contexts it identifies the misconduct at issue; a smaller group of passages uses plural or construct forms in clauses about plans, devices, or a scheme.
Senses in use
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Culpable conduct and public wrongdoing · dominant
The singular noun marks conduct condemned in communal settings: in Ezekiel 22:9 the APB renders a clause about men who shed blood and commit wrongdoing within the city, while Hosea 6:9 places it after priests murder on the way to Shechem. Psalm 26:10 associates it with hands full of a bribe, and Proverbs 10:23 describes doing it as a fool's amusement.
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Sexual violation or lewd conduct · common
In Leviticus 18:17, the singular noun concludes a prohibition concerning a woman, her daughter, and close kin; Leviticus 20:14 similarly places it in the prohibition of taking a woman and her mother. Jeremiah 13:27 and Ezekiel 23:21 occur amid clauses about adulteries, lewd behavior, and sexualized acts, so the term identifies misconduct in those settings.
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Harmful plans or schemes · occasional
Plural and construct forms occur in planning contexts. In Job 17:11 the APB renders the clause with "my plans are torn away"; Isaiah 32:7 describes a rogue's devices and plotting against the poor, and Proverbs 24:9 calls the scheme of folly sin. The verse is read as a whole, but these clauses support a planning-oriented use.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "wickedness" in condemnatory clauses, while sexual contexts are also presented with language such as "lewdness" and "fornication." In planning contexts it uses "plans," "devices," and "scheme"; these are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.