A primitive root; to tap, i.e. Beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate -- move, trouble.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to thrust, impel, push, beat persistently 1a) (Qal) to impel 1b) (Niphal) to be beaten, be disturbed 1c) (Hithpael) to be disturbed Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1793
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָּעַם] verbthrust, impel (probably originally strike, hit, see derivatives, and Phoenician פעםfoot); —
QalInfinitive construct suffix לְפַעֲמוֺJudges 13:25 the spirit of ׳י began to impel him.
Niph`albe distrurbed, Perfect1singular נִפְעַמְתִּיPsalm 77:5; Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּמָּ֫עֶם רוּחוֺGenesis 41:8; Daniel 2:3; so
Genesis 41:8 HEB:וַיְהִ֤י בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם רוּח֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח NAS: his spirit was troubled, so he sent KJV: that his spirit was troubled; and he sent INT: become the morning was troubled his spirit sent
Judges 13:25 HEB:ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ בְּמַחֲנֵה־ דָ֑ן NAS: began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, KJV: began to move him at times in the camp INT: and the Spirit of the LORD to stir the camp of Dan
Psalm 77:4 HEB:שְׁמֻר֣וֹת עֵינָ֑י נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ NAS: my eyelids [open]; I am so troubled that I cannot KJV: waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. INT: waking eyes troubled cannot speak
Daniel 2:1 HEB:נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר חֲלֹמ֑וֹת וַתִּתְפָּ֣עֶם רוּח֔וֹ וּשְׁנָת֖וֹ NAS: and his spirit was troubled and his sleep KJV: wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep INT: Nebuchadnezzar dreams was troubled and his spirit and his sleep
Daniel 2:3 HEB:חֲל֣וֹם חָלָ֑מְתִּי וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם רוּחִ֔י לָדַ֖עַת NAS: and my spirit is anxious to understand KJV: and my spirit was troubled to know INT: A dream had is anxious and my spirit to understand
