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
 side, 
 beside:
 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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