עָמַד 520 take one's stand, stand (Late Hebrew 
id.; Phoenician 
עמד; Assyrian 
emêdu, 
stand, set up; Arabic 
 prop up, support
 prop up, support, and derivatives; Ethiopic 
 pillar
 pillar; 
 עַמּוּדָא pillar
 עַמּוּדָא pillar, Syriac 

, Palmyrene 
עמודא, compare also proper name 
תימעמד; Sabean 
עמד pillar, according to CIS
iv. 91 (or other derivatives from √ 
עמד DHM
ZMG xxxvii (1883), 5), plural 
אעמדן pillars DHM
Epigr. Denkm. sus Abess. 80); — 
Qal435 Perfect ע׳ Genesis 19:27 +, 
3rd person feminine singular עָֽמְדָה 2 Kings 13:6 +, etc.; 
Imperfect יַעֲמֹד Exodus 21:21, 
יַעֲמוֺד Nahum 1:6 +, 
יַעֲמָדֿ 1 Samuel 16:22 +; 
1st person singular אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Habakkuk 2:1, 
וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 Samuel 1:10; 
3rd person masculine plural יַעַמְדוּ Jeremiah 32:14 +, 
יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 1:21 +, 
2nd person masculine plural וַתַּעַמְדוּן Deuteronomy 4:11, etc.; 
Imperative עֲמֹד 1 Samuel 9:27 +, 
עֲמָדֿ 2 Samuel 1:9; 
feminine singular עִמְדִי Isaiah 47:12; 
Jeremiah 48:19, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute עָמֹד Esther 9:16; 
construct עֲמֹד Exodus 18:23 +, suffix 
עָמְדִי Jeremiah 18:20, 
עֲמָדְךָ Obadiah 11, etc.; 
Participle עֹמֵד Isaiah 3:13 +, feminine 
עֹמֶ֫דֶת Haggai 2:5 +, etc.; — 
    1.
    a. take one's stand, and (especially participle) 
stand, be in a standing attitude: with 
עַל by, 
1 Samuel 26:13; 
2 Samuel 2:25; 
2 Kings 2:7 +, so participle 
Genesis 18:8 (J), 
Genesis 41:1, 
17 (E) +, 
עַל on, 
Exodus 3:5 (E), 
Deuteronomy 27:12 +; with 
ב location 
Exodus 32:26; 
Numbers 22:24, 
26 (all J E), +; with 
אֶל location 
1 Kings 20:38 (+ 
לְ person), 
Jeremiah 48:19; 
Ezekiel 21:26; 
Ezekiel 27:29; with 
אֶל person 
1 Samuel 17:51; 
2 Kings 5:25; with 
אֵצֶל Genesis 41:3 (E), 
Ezekiel 9:2; 
Ezekiel 10:6; 
Nehemiah 8:4; with 
לִפְנֵי Genesis 18:22; 
1 Kings 3:16; 
1 Kings 8:22 +; before 
י׳, for intercession 
Genesis 19:27 (J), 
Deuteronomy 4:10; 
Jeremiah 15:1; 
Jeremiah 18:20, etc.; 
take one's stand and do a thing 
1 Samuel 17:8; 
1 Kings 8:55; 
2 Kings 18:28 = 
Isaiah 36:13 +; followed by infinitive 
1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14 +.
 
    h. stand (appealingly) 
Job 30:20 (but read 
עָמַדְתָּ, of God, Me Hi Du).
 
    j. stand, of water, 
עַלהָֿרִים Psalm 104:6. See also prepositions 
אֶל, 
אֵצֶל, 
עַל, 
מִמַּעַל, 
עִם, etc.
 
    2.
    a. stand still, stop, cease moving, of moon 
Joshua 10:13 (J E; || 
וַיִּדֹּם), sun 
Joshua 10:13, both, 
Habakkuk 3:11; of person 
1 Samuel 9:27 (opposed to 
עָבַר), 
2 Samuel 2:28 (opposed to 
רָדַף), 
עִמְדוּ עֲמֹ֫דוּ Nahum 2:9 +; 
stop flowing (of oil) 
2 Kings 4:6; 
remain standing, with 
תַּחְתֵּינוּ Judges 7:21; 
1 Samuel 14:9 etc.; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged 
Leviticus 13:23, 
28; so (without 
ת׳) 
Leviticus 13:5, 
37 (all P).
 
    3.
    5. stand upright:
    † 6.
    7. rare usages are:
    g. grow flat, insipid (Gie), taste of wine 
Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative of Moab), or 
remain unchanged (so most, in that case compare 
3b). — 
עָמְדִי Daniel 11:1b is corrupt, read probably 
עָמַדְתִּי, or 
עָמַד (
מִיכָאֵל subject), join then to 
Daniel 10:21 and strike out 
Daniel 11:1a; so Bev Behrm Marti
Kau.
 
Hiph.83 (compare Dr
Intr. (6) 535) 
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱמִיד 1 Kings 12:32 +, 
2nd person masculine singular הֶעֱמַדְתָּה Psalm 30:8, 
וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Numbers 3:6 +, etc., 
Imperfect יַעֲמִיד Proverbs 29:4 +, 
וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 Kings 8:1 +; 
3rd person feminine singular suffix 
וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי Ezekiel 2:2; 
Ezekiel 3:24, 
1st person plural וַנַּעֲמִיד Nehemiah 4:3, etc.; 
Imperative הַעֲמֵד Isaiah 21:6; suffix 
הַעֲמִידֶהָ Ezekiel 24:11; 
Infinitive absolute הַעֲמֵיד Nehemiah 7:3; 
construct הַעֲמִיד 1 Kings 15:4 +; 
Participle מַעֲמִיד 2 Chronicles 18:34 (but see 
Hoph.): — 
    6. other meanings:
    b. with accusative 
רַגְלַי + 
ב location 
Psalm 31:9 (figurative).
 
† 
Hoph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעֳמַדֿ Leviticus 16:10 be presented (of goat), + 
לִפְנֵי י׳; 
Participle הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 Kings 22:35 he was caused to stand, i.e. propped up, in (
ב) his chariot, so read also || 
2 Chronicles 18:34 (as 

), for MT 
מַעֲמִיד. — On 
Perfect הָעֳמַדְתִּי see 
עֹז Psalm 30:8.
														
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