עָמַםʻâmam

darken, dim

Pronunciation: aw-mam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6004

Meanings

Qal: did, eclipse him (Ezekiel 31:8; Ezekiel 28:3)

Hoph`al: how is the gold dimmed! (Lamentations 4:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Lamentations 4:1 How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!
  • Ezekiel 28:3 You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.
  • Ezekiel 31:8 No other cedar in the garden of God could rival it. No cypress had branches to equal it; no plane tree had boughs to compare. No tree in the garden of God came close to it in beauty.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).