Lexical Summary paam: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence Original Word: פַעַםTransliteration: paam Phonetic Spelling: (pah'-am) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence Meaning: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence Strong's Concordance anvil, corner, footstep, going, hundredfold, now, this once, order, Or (feminine) pa;amah {pah-am-aw'}; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel. see HEBREW pa'am Brown-Driver-Briggs H6471. paam מַּ֫עַם118 noun feminineExodus 8:28 (masculine only Judges 16:23 [text suspicious, see GFM AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76 Kösynt. § 248m], 2 Samuel 23:8 [Qr feminine], 1 Kings 7:30 [corrupt, see below]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 2:23 +; מָּ֑עַם 46:30 +; dual מַּעֲמַיִם 27:36 +, etc.; plural מְּעָמִים 33:3 +; also (concrete) construct מַּעֲמֵי Judges 5:28 +; suffix מְּעָמַי Psalm 57:7; 119:133, etc.; מַּעֲמֹתָיו (only 1c) Exodus 25:12 2t.; — 1. a. in poetry, hoof-beat Judges 5:28; late, of human footfall, footstep, figurative Psalm 17:5 ("" אֲשׁוּרַי), 119:113; מְּעָמָיו לְדֶרֶךְ וְיָשֵׂם Psalm 85:14. b. foot, figurative, Psalm 57:7; 58:11; 74:3; 140:5; Proverbs 29:5; literal Isaiah 26:6 ("" רֶגֶל), Cant 7:2; פ ׳בְּכַף 2 Kings 19:24 = Isaiah 37:25. c. foot, of ark Exodus 25:12; 37:3 (P). — מַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 Kings 7:30 read מִּנּוֺתָיו (compare 7:34). 2 = anvil (struck by hammer) Isaiah 41:7. 3 occurrence, time (originally stroke, beat): a. ׳מ אֶחָ֑ת [אַחַת] one time, once Joshua 6:3, 11, 14 (JE), 10:42 (D) + 3 t. +2 Samuel 23:8 Qr (>Kt אחד); מַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice Genesis 41:32 6t.; ׳פ Nahum 1:9 second time; פ ׳אַרְבַּע Nehemiah 6:4 four times; פ שֵׁשׁ אוֺ ׳חָמֵשׁ 2 Kings 13:19, compare חֲמִישִׁית ׳מ Nehemiah 6:5; also with שֶׁבַע שָׁלשׁ,, q. v.; פ ׳עֶשֶׂר (וֶה) Numbers 14:22 (JE) Nehemiah 4:6; Job 19:3, all indefinite = over and over; indefinite also וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם מַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20 once and [i.e. or] twice; שָׁלוֺשׁ מַּעֲמַיִם Job 33:29 twice (or) thrice; פְעָמִים מֵאָה 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, פ ׳אֶלֶף Deuteronomy 1:11; ׳פ רַבּוֺת Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; פְעָמִים עַדכַּֿמֶּה 1 Kings 22:16 2 Chronicles 18:15. b. כְּפַעַםבְּֿפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Numbers 24:1 (E) Judges 16:20; 20:30-31, 1 Samuel 3:10 (compare Dr) 20:25. c. בַּמַּעַם (גַּם) הַוּאֹת at this repetition (this time) also Exodus 8:28; 9:14 (J) + 3 t.; בַּמּ ׳גַּם הַהִוא Deuteronomy 9:19; 10:10. d. הַמַּעַם (Hexateuch only J): (1) = this once Genesis 18:32, הַמּ ׳אַךְ Exodus 10:17; Judges 6:39, ׳רַקהַֿמּ 6:39, הַמּ ׳אַךְ הַזֶּה 16:28 (הַזֶּה dubious, see above); (2) = now at lenth Genesis 2:23; 29:34-35, 30:20; 46:30; Judges 15:3; 16:18, compare also Exodus 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned. e. מָּ֑עַם ֗֗֗ מַּעַם Proverbs 7:12 now ... now, at one time ... at another. |
    |