Lexicon paam: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence Original Word: פָּ֫עַםPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: paam Phonetic Spelling: (pah'-am) Short Definition: times NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom paamDefinitiona beat, foot, anvil, occurrence NASB Translationall (1), annual* (1), anvil (1), each story (1), feet (9), footsteps (3), hoofbeats (1), now (5), oftentimes* (1), once (1), once more (3), once* (4), other times (5), ranks (2), steps (3), stroke (1), this once (2), this time (4), thousand-fold* (1), time (13), times (42), twice (7), two times (1), usual (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מַּ֫עַם118 noun feminineEx 8:28 (masculine only Judges 16:23 [text suspicious, see GFM Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 76 Kö synt. § 248m], 2 Samuel 23:8 [Qr feminine], 1 Kings 7:30 [corrupt, see below]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 2:23 +; מָּ֑עַם Genesis 46:30 +; dual מַּעֲמַיִם Genesis 27:36 +, etc.; plural מְּעָמִים Genesis 33:3 +; also (concrete) construct מַּעֲמֵי Judges 5:28 +; suffix מְּעָמַי Psalm 57:7; Psalm 119:133, etc.; מַּעֲמֹתָיו (only 1c) Exodus 25:12 2t.; — 1. a. in poetry, hoof-beat Judges 5:28; late, of human footfall, footstep, figurative Psalm 17:5 ("" אֲשׁוּרַי), Psalm 119:113; וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ מְּעָמָיו Psalm 85:14. b. foot, figurative, Psalm 57:7; Psalm 58:11; Psalm 74:3; Psalm 140:5; Proverbs 29:5; literal Isaiah 26:6 ("" רֶגֶל), Cant 7:2; ׳בְּכַף פ 2 Kings 19:24 = Isaiah 37:25. c. foot, of ark Exodus 25:12; Exodus 37:3 (P). — מַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 Kings 7:30 read מִּנּוֺתָיו (compare 1 Kings 7:34). 2 = anvil (struck by hammer) Isaiah 41:7. 3 occurrence, time (originally stroke, beat): a. אֶחָ֑ת ׳מ [אַחַת] one time, once Joshua 6:3,11,14 (JE), Joshua 10:42 (D) + 3 t. +2 Samuel 23:8 Qr (>Kt אחד); מַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice Genesis 41:32 6t.; ׳פ Nahum 1:9 second time; ׳אַרְבַּע פ Nehemiah 6:4 four times; ׳חָמֵשׁ אוֺ שֵׁשׁ פ 2 Kings 13:19, compare ׳מ חֲמִישִׁית Nehemiah 6:5; also with שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁבַע, q. v.; ׳עֶשֶׂר פ (וֶה) Numbers 14:22 (JE) Nehemiah 4:6; Job 19:3, all indefinite = over and over; indefinite also מַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Nehemiah 13:20 once and [i.e. or] twice; מַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֺשׁ Job 33:29 twice (or) thrice; מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, ׳אֶלֶף פ Deuteronomy 1:11; רַבּוֺת ׳פ Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; עַדכַּֿמֶּה פְעָמִים 1 Kings 22:16 2Chronicles 18:15. b. כְּפַעַםבְּֿפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Numbers 24:1 (E) Judges 16:20; Judges 20:30,31; 1 Samuel 3:10 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 20:25. c. הַוּאֹת (גַּם) בַּמַּעַם at this repetition (this time) also Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:14 (J) + 3 t.; הַהִוא ׳גַּם בַּמּ Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 10:10. d. הַמַּעַם (Hexateuch only J): (1) = this once Genesis 18:32, ׳אַךְ הַמּ Exodus 10:17; Judges 6:39, ׳רַקהַֿמּ Judges 6:39, הַזֶּה ׳אַךְ הַמּ Judges 16:28 (הַזֶּה dubious, see above); (2) = now at lenth Genesis 2:23; Genesis 29:34,35; Genesis 30:20; Genesis 46:30; Judges 15:3; Judges 16:18, compare also Exodus 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned. e. מַּעַם ֗֗֗ מָּ֑עַם Proverbs 7:12 now ... now, at one time ... at another.
Strong's anvil, corner, footstep, going, hundredfold, now, this once, order, Or (feminine) pa;amah {pah-am-aw'}; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel. see HEBREW pa'am |
