עִם preposition with (Aramaic
H5974 עִם,
, Sabean
עם DHM
Epigr. Denkm. 12 Hom
Chrest. 51; compare Arabic
(but see Prät
BAS. i. 26)), suffix
עִמִּי 46 and
עִמָּדִי 45 (probably akin to Arabic
side,
beside: compare √
ענד), without difference of meaning (
עמי in Pentateuch
Genesis 31:31;
Genesis 39:7,
Genesis 39:12,
Genesis 39:14;
Exodus 33:12;
Leviticus 26:21,
Leviticus 26:23,
Leviticus 26:27,
Leviticus 26:40 [H]
Numbers 22:19; Joshua-Kings +
13 times;
Psalm 42:9 [
Psalm 42:8];
Psalm 86:17; [
H5978 Job 10:17];
Ruth 1:11;
Esther 7:8; in Daniel, +
7 times; Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles +
11 times:
[
H5978 עמדי in Pentateuch Genesis [J E] +
14 times,
Exodus 17:2; Leviticus 25:23; Deuteronomy 5:31; Deuteronomy 32:34, 39; Judges Samuel + 7 times; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 50:11; Psalm 55:19 [Psalm 55:18]; Psalm 101:6]; Job, +
14 times],
);
עִמְּךָ, †
עִמְּכָה 1 Samuel 1:26,
עִמָּ֑ךְ;
עִמּוֺ,
עִמָּהּ;
עִמָּ֫נוּ;
עִמָּכֶם;
עִמָּם 27 (
Genesis 18:16, etc.: Genesis-Kings +
20 times;
Nehemiah 13:25; not Ezra, Chronicles), and
עִמָּהֶם 23 (chiefly late:
Numbers 22:12;
Deuteronomy 29:16 [
Deuteronomy 29:17] (
Deuteronomy 29:24 [
Deuteronomy 29:25]
עמם),
Jonah 1:3;
Job 1:4, and +
19 times Nehemiah Ezra Chronicles): —
1. of fellowship and companionship (Latin
cum), as
Genesis 13:1 ולוט עמו and Lot
with him,
Genesis 18:16;
Genesis 19:30;
Genesis 24:54;
הוא והאנשׁים אשׁר עמו,
וכל ישׂראל עמו Joshua 7:24 al.; + often peculiar to Chronicles, Ezra are clauses introduced by
⬩⬩⬩ועמהם 1 Chronicles 12:34 [
1 Chronicles 12:33];
1 Chronicles 13:2;
1 Chronicles 15:8 +,
Ezra 8:13,
Ezra 8:14 (Aramaic
Ezra 5:2) +; so
⬩⬩⬩ועמו 1 Chronicles 12:28 [
1 Chronicles 12:27];
2 Chronicles 17:14;
2 Chronicles 17:15;
2 Chronicles 17:16;
2 Chronicles 17:17;
2 Chronicles 17:18;
2 Chronicles 26:17;
Ezra 8:3,
Ezra 8:4,
Ezra 8:5,
Ezra 8:6,
Ezra 8:7,
Ezra 8:8,
Ezra 8:9,
Ezra 8:10,
Ezra 8:11,
Ezra 8:12,
Ezra 8:33. Coupling substantives,
together with, chiefly in poetry:
Deuteronomy 12:23 לא תאכל הנפשׁ עם הבשׂר,
Joshua 11:21;
Judges 16:3;
Ecclesiastes 7:11;
2 Samuel 1:24 שָׁנִי עִם עֲדָנִים,
Deuteronomy 32:14 עִם חֵלֶב כרים,
Deuteronomy 32:14;
Deuteronomy 32:24;
Deuteronomy 32:25;
Amos 4:10;
Isaiah 25:11;
Isaiah 34:7;
Jeremiah 6:11;
Jeremiah 51:40;
Nahum 3:12;
Psalm 66:15 אעשׂה בקר עם עתודים,
Psalm 81:3 [
Psalm 81:2];
Psalm 83:8 [
Psalm 83:7];
Psalm 87:4;
Psalm 89:14 [
Psalm 89:13];
Psalm 104:25 +,
Songs 1:11;
Songs 4:13 (twice in verse)
כפרים עם נרדים,
Songs 4:14 (
2 times in verse);
Songs 5:1 (
3 times in verse). Unusually,
Esther 9:25 אמר עם הספר he ordered
in conjunction with writing, in a written order. Poetic or late uses:
Psalm 42:9 [
Psalm 42:8]
ובלילה שִׁירֹה עמי,
Psalm 89:22 [
Psalm 89:21]
אשׁר יָדִי תִּכּוֺן עמו,
Psalm 89:25 [
Psalm 89:24]; in Job of the companionship of sufferings or prosperity, [
H5978 Job 6:4]
עמדי שַׁדַּי חִצֵּי , [
H5978 Job 17:2]
אם לא הֲתֻלִים עמדי, [
H5978 Job 29:6]
וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמדי פלגי שׁמן, [
H5978 Job 29:20]
כבודי חָדָשׁ עמדי,
2 Chronicles 14:5 [
2 Chronicles 14:6]
ואין עמו מלחמה, 2 Chronicles 16:19
ישׁ עמך מלחמות,
2 Chronicles 28:10 עִמָּכֶם אֲשָׁמוֺת. Hence, in particular
a. of
aid,
Exodus 23:5;
Deuteronomy 22:4;
1 Chronicles 12:19 [
1 Chronicles 12:18]; especially of God,
Genesis 21:22 אלהים עמך,
Genesis 26:3 ואהיה עמך,
Genesis 26:33;
Genesis 31:3, [
H5978 Genesis 31:5];
Exodus 3:12;
Joshua 1:5;
Isaiah 8:10 כי עמנו אל [
H5978 Psalm 23:4];
Psalm 46:8 [
Psalm 46:7];
Psalm 46:12 Psalm 46:11]; [
H5978 Job 29:5] + often (compare
אֵת,
Genesis 39:2,
Genesis 39:3,
Genesis 39:21,
Genesis 39:23;
Isaiah 43:5 +): so
הִתְחַזַּק עם 1 Chronicles 11:10;
2 Chronicles 16:9;
Daniel 10:21,
עָזַר עם 1 Chronicles 12:21 [
1 Chronicles 12:20],
כי גם ידם עם דוד 1 Samuel 22:17;
2 Samuel 3:12;
1 Chronicles 4:10 (compare
Exodus 23:1, and II.
אֵת1a).
With the help of (= Greek
σύν),
1 Samuel 14:45 כי עם אלהים עשׂה היום הזה,
Daniel 11:39 (rare).
c. If the common action be of the nature of a contest or combat,
עִם is
with in the sense of
against: so often with
נִלְחַם to fight,
נִשְׁפַּט to dispute,
נֶאֱבַק to wrestle,
רִיב to strive (see these verbs),
Genesis 26:20;
Genesis 30:8;
Genesis 32:29 [
Genesis 32:28];
בּא בְּמִשְׁפָּט עם to enter into judgment
with Isaiah 3:14 +,
Job 14:3 (
הֵבִיא),
עִם רִיב לי׳ Hosea 4:1 +; hence, without a verb expressing the idea explicitly,
Psalm 94:16 מי יקום לי עִם מְרֵעִים in the struggle with evil-doers ?
Psalm 94:16b Psalm 55:19 [
Psalm 55:18]
כי בְרַבִּים היו עמדי for as many are they
in combat with me,
Job 9:14 אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עמו in the contest with him, [
H5978 Job 10:17b];
Job 16:21; perhaps
צָדַק עִם Job 9:2;
Job 25:4 (compare
4b end).
d. Of dealing
with a person, or of the relation in which one stands
with, or
towards, another: as
עשׂה חסד עם to do kindness
with Genesis 24:12 + often (in 1st person observe that in this phrase
עמדי, not
עמי, is regularly used,
Genesis 19:19;
Genesis 20:13;
Genesis 40:14;
1 Samuel 20:14;
2 Samuel 10:2 [||
1 Chronicles 19:2 עמי : here only],
others),
עשׂה טוב עם Genesis 26:29 +, see also
Genesis 20:9;
Genesis 31:29;
Deuteronomy 33:21;
Judges 15:3;
Job 10:12;
Job 13:20;
Job 42:8;
Psalm 86:17 (compare
אִתְּכֶם Deuteronomy 1:30;
Deuteronomy 10:21; and Aramaic
Daniel 3:32 [
Daniel 4:2]),
Psalm 119:124;
Psalm 126:2 (
1 Samuel 12:24),
Job 33:29;
הֵיטִיד עם Genesis 32:10 [
Genesis 32:9],
Genesis 32:13 [
Genesis 32:12] +,
הֵרַע עִם [
H5978 Genesis 31:7];
רָצָה עם be well pleased
with Psalm 50:18;
Job 34:9;
דִּבֶּר עם to speak
with (subject usually God)
Exodus 19:9 + (see
דִּבֶּר 3e), hence
דָּבָר עִם Judges 18:7,
Judges 18:28;
2 Samuel 3:17;
1 Kings 1:7;
Job 15:11 דָּבָר לָאַט עמך a word (spoken) gently
with thee, compare
Job 11:5 ויפתח שׂפתיו עמך;
יֵאָמֵן עם 2 Chronicles 1:9: and with adjectives
תמים עם perfect
with (i.e.
toward)
Deuteronomy 18:13;
Psalm 18:24 [
Psalm 18:23],
שָׁלֵם עם 1 Kings 8:61 +; compare
וְלִבָּם לֹא נָכוֺן עִמּוֺ Psalm 78:37,
2 Samuel 21:4;
2 Samuel 23:5;
1 Kings 3:6 (
עמך),
Micah 6:8 אֱלֹהָיו עִם לֶכֶת הַצְנֵעַ,
Psalm 73:22 toward thee,
1 Chronicles 19:6;
Hosea 12:1 [
Hosea 11:12] (?); also
הָלַךְ קְרִי עִם Leviticus 26:21 ff. (
7 times),
מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עם Deuteronomy 9:7,
Deuteronomy 9:24;
Deuteronomy 31:27;
2 Chronicles 16:10;
2 Chronicles 26:19;
Psalm 85:5 [
Psalm 85:4]; [
H5978 Job 10:17a].
f. Of equality or resemblance generally (poetry),
Job 9:26 חָֽלְפוּ עִם אֳנִיּוֺת אֵבֶה they pass by
with, i.e. as swiftly as, skiffs of reed,
Job 37:18 תרקיע עמו שׁחקים i.e.
like him,
Job 40:15 אשׁר עשׂיתי עמך; so
נִמְשַׁל עִם Psalm 28:1;
Psalm 143:7,
נֶחְשַׁב עִם Psalm 88:5 [
Psalm 88:4].
†g. Of
time, =
as long as,
Psalm 72:5 יִירָאוּךָ עם שׁמשׁ as long as the sun
endureth (compare Aramaic
Daniel 3:33 [
Daniel 4:3];
Daniel 4:31[
Daniel 4:34]; also see Ovid.
Am. i. 15, 16 cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit);
at the time of (?)
2 Chronicles 21:19 (but read perhaps
מֵחָלְיוֺ); and with infinitive (late),
Ezra 1:11;
עִם הֵעָלוֺת הַגּוֺלָה (compare
ἅμα τῷ followed by infinitive
Judges 3:21;
Judges 9:33; also
עִם Ecclus 40:14).
2. Of a locality,
close to, beside: †
Genesis 25:11 וישׁב יצחק עם נאר לחי ראי beside the well of, etc.,
Genesis 35:4 תַּחַת הָאֵלָה אשׁר עם שׁכם (so, after
אשׁר,
Joshua 7:2;
Judges 9:6;
Judges 18:22;
2 Samuel 13:23),
Joshua 19:46 (?),
Judges 18:3 הֵמָּה עִם בֵּית מִיכָה (so
Judges 19:11;
2 Samuel 20:8), [
H5978 1 Samuel 10:2];
2 Samuel 6:7;
וַיָּ֫מָת שָׁם עִם אֲרוֺן הא׳,
2 Samuel 19:38 [
2 Samuel 19:37];
2 Samuel 24:16;
1 Kings 1:9;
1 Chronicles 13:14 by the house of O., in its own house (see Be),
1 Chronicles 21:15 (
2 Samuel 24:16),
1 Chronicles 26:16 (compare
אֵת 2). By a
person,
Deuteronomy 5:28 עמדי פֹּה עֲמֹד וְאַתּה by me,
1 Samuel 1:26 הַנִּצֶּבֶת עִמְּכָה +; of one living
near another,
Exodus 22:24 [
Exodus 22:25];
Leviticus 25:35,
Leviticus 25:36,
Leviticus 25:39,
Leviticus 25:47.
3. Of persons, עִם is specifically
b. In the possession of (Latin
penes):
Genesis 24:25 straw, etc., is
עִמָּנוּ, [
H5978 Genesis 31:32];
Deuteronomy 17:19 והיתה עמו with him, at his side,
Deuteronomy 29:16 [
Deuteronomy 29:17]; [
H5978 Job 28:14]
וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי; =
stored up with, [
H5978 Deuteronomy 32:34]
כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי Job 27:13 (but read here probably
מֵאֵל; compare
Job 20:29); of ethical or mental attributes,
1 Samuel 25:25 וּנְבָלָה עִמּוֺ,
Job 12:13 עִמּוֺ חָנְמָה וּגְבוּרָה,
Job 12:16;
Job 25:2;
Psalm 130:7;
2 Chronicles 19:3,
2 Chronicles 19:7. compare figurative
Psalm 36:10 [
Psalm 36:9]
כי עמך מְקוֺר חַיִּים.
c. In the custody or
care of,
1 Samuel 9:23 שִׂים אֹתָהּ עִמָּ֑ךְ; [
H5978 1 Samuel 22:23]
כִּי מִשְׁמֶרֶת אַתָּה עִמָּדִי : compare
Job 17:3 עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּ֑ךְ be surety for me
with thyself.
d. Beside =
except, [
H5978 Deuteronomy 32:39]
אֵין אלהים עִמָּדִי,
Psalm 73:25 ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ and
beside thee I delight not (in aught that is) upon earth (others
in comparison of thee,
1f),
2 Chronicles 14:10 [
2 Chronicles 14:11]
וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לַעֲזֹר there is none
beside thee to help,
2 Chronicles 20:6; perhaps
Hosea 9:8 (Hi Ke; but very dubious, see Commentaries). compare
אֵת 1b.
4. Idiomatic of a thought or purpose present with one: —
†a. עִם לְבַב פ׳, especially in Deuteronomy and the later Deuteronomic style,
Deuteronomy 8:5 וְיָדַעְתָּ עִם לְבָבְךָ thou shalt know
with thy heart,
Deuteronomy 15:9 פן יהיה דבר עם לבבך בליעל a wicked thought
with thy heart,
Joshua 14:7 I brought back word
לבבי עם כאשׁר;
פ׳ לְבַב עם היה, especially of a purpose,
1 Kings 8:17 ויהי עם לבב דוד לִבְנוֺת וגו׳ i.e. it was David's
purpose to build, etc.,
1 Kings 8:18;
1 Kings 8:18;
1 Kings 10:2 (=
2 Chronicles 6:7,
2 Chronicles 6:8 (twice in verse);
2 Chronicles 9:1),
1 Chronicles 22:7;
1 Chronicles 28:2 (both based on
1 Kings 8:17, etc.),
2 Chronicles 1:11;
2 Chronicles 24:4;
2 Chronicles 29:10; rather differently, to
muse or
talk with one's heart,
Psalm 77:7 [
Psalm 77:6];
Ecclesiastes 1:16.
†b. עִם alone, = in one's
consciousness, whether of knowledge or memory or purpose (compare
אֵת 3b;
W
AG ii. § 66):
Numbers 14:24 עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֺ i.e. operating in his mind,
1 Kings 11:11 יען אשׁר היתה זאת עמך,
1 Chronicles 28:12 the pattern of all
אשׁר היה בָרוּחַ עמו that was in spirit (i.e. mentally)
with him, [
H5978 Psalm 50:11]
וְזִיז שָׂדַי עִמָּדִי is
with me (i.e. is known to me; ||
ידעתי), probably also
Psalm 73:23;
Psalm 139:18 (= in thy thought and care); [
H5978 Job 9:35]
לא כן אנכי עמדי not so am I
with myself (my consciousness — or conscience — does not tell me that I need dread him),
Job 10:13 ידעתי כי זאת עמך i.e. that this was thy purpose (||
אֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ),
Job 15:9 ולא עמנו הוא and is not
with us (= in our knowledge; ||
וְלֹא נֵדָ֑ע), [
H5978 Job 23:10]
כי ידע דרך עמדי the way
of which I am conscious (De; Ew Di the way
attending me, my usual way),
Job 23:14 וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֺת עמו i.e. he has many such purposes,
Job 27:11 אֲשֶׁד עִם שַׁדָּי לֹא אֲכַחֵד i.e. his purposes or principles of action. Also sometimes
in the judgment or
estimation of,
1 Samuel 2:26 טוֺב עִם,
2 Samuel 6:22 נִכְבַּד עִם, perhaps
צָדַק עִם Job 9:2;
Job 25:4 (Ges Bu; but Ew as
1c, Hi De
beside, in comparison of).
†5. Metaphorically.
together with =
in spite of, notwithstanding Nehemiah 5:18 וְעִם זֶה (compare
W
AG ii. § 57; in Hebrew
בְּ is the more usual synonym). — In
1 Samuel 16:12 אַדְמֹנִי עִם יְפֵה עֵינַיִם (compare
1 Samuel 17:42 עִם יְפֵה מַרְאֶה), if text correct,
יפה must be a neuter substantive,
with beauty of eyes; but read probably (Gr Bu)
עֶלֶם a youth (
1 Samuel 17:56;
1 Samuel 20:22) for
עם (see HPS; Che
Expos. T. x. 521 אַדְמֹנִי עֶצֶם, compare
Lamentations 4:7).
מֵעִם 72 from with or
beside (=
παρὰ with a genitive: compare
מֵאֵת): hence
a. after verbs of departing, taking, removing, etc.,
Genesis 13:14 הִפָּרֶד־ אַחרֵי מֵעִמָּכֶם דָבָר,
Genesis 26:16 לֵךְ מֵעִמָּנוּ, [
H5978 1 Samuel 10:2],
1 Samuel 10:9;
1 Samuel 14:17 מי הלך מעמנו,
2 Samuel 1:2;
1 Samuel 16:14 סרה מעם שׁאול ורוח י׳,
1 Samuel 18:12;
2 Kings 2:9 בטרם אֶלָּקַח מעמך;
2 Samuel 15:28 עַד בּוֺא דָבָר מֵעִמָּכֶם; of heart turning
מעם י׳ Deuteronomy 29:17 [
Deuteronomy 29:18];
1 Kings 11:9; after
שׁאל to ask,
H5973Exodus 22:13 [
Exodus 22:14];
Deuteronomy 10:12 מה י׳ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ,
1 Samuel 1:17; [
H5978 1 Samuel 20:28] (Niph.),
Isaiah 7:11 +;
דרשׁ to require,
Deuteronomy 18:19;
Deuteronomy 23:22,
1 Kings 14:5 (to
inquire);
יצא מֵעִם פרעה from (being)
with Phoenician
Exodus 8:8;
Exodus 8:25 [
Exodus 8:29];
Exodus 8:26 [
Exodus 8:30];
Exodus 9:33 +: compare
2 Samuel 3:26;
1 Samuel 18:13 ויסירהו שׁאול מעמו; and
פְּנֵי מֵעִם Genesis 44:29;
Job 1:12. † Following a word denoting a place,
Genesis 48:12 וַיּוֺצֵא יוֺסֵָף אֹתָם מֵעִם בִּרְכָּיו,
Exodus 21:14 מֵעִם מִזְבְּחִי (compare
1 Samuel 2:33),
Judges 9:37 מֵעִם טַבּוּר הארץ,
1 Samuel 20:34 מֵעִם הַשֻּׁלְחָן;
Job 28:4 מֵעִם גָּר away from, far from (si vera lectio).
†c. From the possession, or
custody, of (compare
עִם 3b, c): so with
גזל Genesis 31:31,
ערב to take in pledge
Genesis 44:32,
גנב Exodus 22:11 [
Exodus 22:12],
יצא (subject a slave; compare
עם 3a)
Leviticus 25:41;
Deuteronomy 15:16 (compare with
שִׁלַּח חָפְשִׁי Deuteronomy 15:12,
Deuteronomy 15:13,
Deuteronomy 15:18;
Jeremiah 34:14,
הִנָּצֵל Deuteronomy 23:16 [
Deuteronomy 23:15]),
לקח 2 Samuel 3:15,
קנה 2 Samuel 24:21.
†d. Expressing
origination or
authorship: 1 Samuel 20:7 כִּי כָֽלְתָה הָרָעָה מֵעִמּוֺ,
1 Samuel 20:9;
1 Samuel 20:33 (compare
מֵאֵת Esther 7:17); especially of
י׳ (compare
מֵאֵתc),
Genesis 41:32 נָכוֺן הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הא׳ is established
from, on the part of, God,
1 Kings 2:33 מעם י׳⬩⬩⬩שׁלום,
1 Kings 12:15 (
2 Chronicles 10:15)
כִי הָֽיְתָה סִבָּה מעם י׳,
Isaiah 8:18 signs and portents
מעם י׳,
Isaiah 28:29 יצאה גם זאת מעם י׳,
Isaiah 29:6;
Psalm 121:2 עֶזְרִי מעם י׳ Ruth 2:12. And of a judgment proceeding
from any one:
2 Samuel 3:28 נקי מעם י׳ =
pronounced guiltness
by י׳,
Job 34:33 הֲמֵעִמְּךָ at thy judgment shall he requite ? (compare
מִן 2d end).
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