פַּעַםpaʻam

beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

Pronunciation: pah'-am · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6471

Meanings

1.

a. hoof-beat, footfall, footstep (Judges 5:28; Psalms 17:5; Psalms 119:113)

b. foot (Psalms 57:7; Psalms 58:11; Psalms 74:3)

c. foot (Exodus 25:12; Exodus 37:3; 1 Kings 7:30)

2. = anvil (struck by hammer) (Isaiah 41:7)

3. occurrence, time, (originally stroke, beat)

a. one time, once, twice (Joshua 6:3; Joshua 6:11; Joshua 6:14)

b. as time on time (Numbers 24:1; Judges 16:20; Judges 20:30)

c. at this repetition (Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:14; Deuteronomy 9:19)

d. this once, now at lenth (Genesis 18:32; Exodus 10:17; Judges 6:39)

e. now … now, at one time … at another. (Proverbs 7:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 118 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
  • Genesis 18:32 Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
  • Genesis 27:36 Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
  • Genesis 29:34 Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. He was named Levi, for she said, “Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!”
  • Genesis 29:35 Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I will praise the Lord!” And then she stopped having children.
  • Genesis 30:20 She named him Zebulun, for she said, “God has given me a good reward. Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons.”
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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).