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hebrew #6004 - עָמַם amam (to darken)


Original Word:עָמַם
Transliteration: amam
Definition:to darken, dim
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(aw-mam')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

become dim, hide

A primitive root; to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together) -- become dim, hide.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to dim, darken, grow dark
1a) (Qal) to dim, eclipse, be held dark
1b) (Hophal) to be dimmed, grow dark
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1641

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [עָמַם] verbdarken, dim (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic cover, veil, conceal; ᵑ7עֲמַםgrow dark); —

QalPerfect3plural suffix עֲמָמֻהוּEzekiel 31:8 dubious, but probably (as Thes) cedars did not eclipse him; עֲמָמוּךָEzekiel 28:3 no secret do they hold dark (=is held dark) for thee (Ges§ 117x).

Hoph`alImperfect3masculine singular יוּעַם זָהָבLamentations 4:1 (figurative) how is the gold dimmed ! compare Bu.

עֲמָמִים, עַמְמֵי see I. עַם above

עִמָּנוּאֵל see below עִם above


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6004. עָמַם (amam) — 3 Occurrences

Lamentations 4:1
HEB: אֵיכָה֙ יוּעַ֣ם זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א
NAS: How dark the gold has become,
KJV: How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most
INT: how dark the gold has changed

Ezekiel 28:3
HEB:סָת֖וּם לֹ֥א עֲמָמֽוּךָ׃
NAS: secret that is a match for you.
KJV: there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
INT: secret is a match

Ezekiel 31:8
HEB:אֲרָזִ֣ים לֹֽא־ עֲמָמֻהוּ֮ בְּגַן־ אֱלֹהִים֒
NAS: garden could not match it; The cypresses
KJV: of God could not hide him: the fir trees
INT: the cedars not match garden God's

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