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
- עַםʻam · H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עִםʻim · H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- עֻמָּהʻummâh · H5980conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
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).