.bg-zoom {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  transform-origin: center center;
  transition: transform 0.45s ease;
}

/* duplicate background but keep Divi’s settings */
.bg-zoom:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: inherit;
  background-size: inherit;
  background-position: inherit;   /* uses Divi’s background position */
  background-repeat: inherit;
  transform-origin: center center;
  transform: scale(1);
  transition: transform 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.22,0.9,0.35,1);
  z-index: 0;
}

/* content stays on top */
.bg-zoom > * {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

/* scaling */
.bg-zoom:hover {
  transform: scale(1.02);      /* column small scale */
}

.bg-zoom:hover:before {
  transform: scale(1.12);      /* background larger scale */
}