Brown-Driver-Briggs
[
סְעִמָּה]
noun feminine division, divided opinion; — plural absolute
עַלשְֿׁתֵּי הַסְּעִמִּים 1 Kings 18:21 how long are ye limping
on the two divided opinions (as on unequal legs;
ᵐ5 ταῖς ἰγνύαις seems an attempt to interpret the figurative; according to Albr
ZAW xvi (1896) 75 {abbrev}
ס really =
legs).
שְׂעִמִּים noun [masculine] plural disquietings, = disquieting or excited thoughts; — ׳שׂ Job 4:13; suffix שְׂעִמַּי (Baer שְׂעִימַּי) Job 20:2 ("" חוּשִׁי).