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עַמּוּד,
עַמֻּד110 noun masculine1Kings 7:15 pillar, column; — עַמּוּד absolute 1 Kings 7:15 +, construct Exodus 13:21 +; עַמֻּד absolute Jeremiah 52:21, construct Numbers 14:14; suffix עַמּוּדוֺ2Chronicles 23:13; plural עַמּוּדִים 1 Kings 7:16 +, less often ׳עַמֻּ 1 Kings 7:21 +; construct עַמּוּדֵי Exodus 26:32 +, less often ׳עַמֻּ Exodus 38:17 +; suffix עַמּוּדָיו Exodus 36:38 +, עַמֻּדָיו Exodus 27:10 +, etc.; —
1 pillar, supporting house Judges 16:25,26,29; pillars in tabernacle Exodus 27:10,11,17; Exodus 36:38; Numbers 3:37 27t. Exodus, Numbers (P), + עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים pillars of acacia wood Exodus 26:32,37; Exodus 36:36; pillars in Solomon's palace 1 Kings 7:2,3,6, ׳אוּלָם הָע 1 Kings 7:6, עַמּוּדֵי אֲרָזִים 1 Kings 7:2 pillars of cedar (P); in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 42:6 (twice in verse); שֵׁשׁ ׳ע Esther 1:6 (in palace), Songs 5:15 (simile).
2 two bronze pillars — 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:17 — before temple 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse) + 14 t. 1 Kings 7, + 2 Kings 25:16,17 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:20,21 (twice in verse), Jeremiah 27:19; 1 Chronicles 18:8; 2Chronicles 3:15,17 5t. Chronicles; perhaps one of these was ׳הָע by which king stood in temple 2 Kings 11:14 2Chronicles 23:13; 2 Kings 23:3; > ׳ע here = standing-place, platform Thes and others; two pillars before Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:49.
3 columns, uprights, of silver Songs 3:10 (litter).
4 עָשָׁן ׳ע Judges 20:40 column of smoke: (הֶ)עָנָן ׳ע Exodus 13:21,22 (J) + 6 t. J E, hence Nehemiah 9:12,19; Psalm 99:7; "" (הָ)אֵשׁ ׳ע Exodus 13:21,22 (J), Numbers 14:14 (JE), Nehemiah 9:12,19; קֵשׁ וְעָנָן ׳ע Exodus 14:24 (J), all of the theophanies at time of Exodus.
5. a. בּרזֶל ׳ע Jeremiah 1:18 (figurative of prophet).
b. poetic of pillars of earth Job 9:5 + Job 75:4, of heaven Job 26:11.
c. of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1.
