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title: עֻמָּה — juxtaposition · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֻמָּה (5980), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: juxtaposition. BDB 1906: n.f. juxtaposition prep. close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֻמָּה

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«עֻמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **juxtaposition** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 32 times · **Key:** 5980 · **BDB:** עֻמָּה

### Glosses

to (20); by (5);  (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

juxtaposition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5980/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. juxtaposition prep. close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5980/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. juxtaposition, but only in st. c. with force of a prep. close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to;—st. c. עֻמַּת, except Ec 5:15 always c. לְ, sf. לְעֻמָּתוֹ, once pl. cstr. לְעֻמּוֹת Ez 45:7;— close by, side by side with: Ex 25:27 (37:14), 28:27 (39:20), Lv 3:9 לְעֻמַּת הֶעָצֶה יְסִירֶנָּה shall take it away close by the backbone; especially of what is parallel, Ez 42:7 the wall alongside of the chambers; of the contiguous portions in Ezek.’s division of the land, alongside of each other, Ez 45:6, 7; 48:13, 18(×2), 21; of movement in parallel lines, 2 S 16:13 Shimei was going along לְעֻמָּתוֹ parallel with him, v 13 Ez 1:20 וְהָאוֹפַנִּים יִנָּֽשְׂאוּ לְעֻמָּתָם, v 21; 3:13; 10:19; 11:22; 3:8 נָתַתִּי פָנֶיךָ חֲזָקִים לְעֻמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם by the side of their face (which, as antagonism is implied, = against, RV), v 8. agreeing with, corresponding to (a common result of juxtaposition), Ex 38:18 a screen five cubits high לעמת קלעי החצר agreeing with (RV answerable unto) the hangings of the court (in height), Ez 40:18; prob. also 1 Ch 26:16; Ne 12:24 מִשְׁמָר ל׳ מִשְׁמָר ward corresponding to ward. correspondingly to, 1 Ch 24:31 they also cast lots לְעֻמַּת אֲחֵיהֶם correspondingly to their brethren, v b the head, correspondingly to his younger brother, 26:12 to these … belonged charges correspondingly to their brethren; as well as Ec 7:14. before a sentence (Ges§ 155 n), 1 Ch 25:8 (strangely) לְעֻמַּת כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל (v. Ke) correspondingly to (the principle) of as the small so the great; Ec 5:15 כָּל־עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא quite exactly as he came, so shall he go (but LambertRÉJ xxxi. 47, Rahlfs Th. Lt.-z. 1896 587 כִּלְעֻמַּת). מִלְּעֻמַּת (v. מִן 1 c, 9 a) 1 K 7:20 close beside.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֻמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5980/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 25:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.25.8/)

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וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ גּוֹרָל֣וֹת מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת לְעֻמַּת֙ כַּקָּטֹ֣ן כַּגָּד֔וֹל מֵבִ֖ין עִם־תַּלְמִֽיד׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.cast lots of.duty correspondingly as the small as the great teacher with pupil

*JPS 1917:* And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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[Exodus 25:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.27/)

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לְעֻמַּת֙ הַמִּסְגֶּ֔רֶת תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ הַטַּבָּעֹ֑ת לְבָתִּ֣ים לְבַדִּ֔ים לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָֽן׃

*Word for word:* close to the rim they.will.be the rings to holders for poles to carry (et) the table

*JPS 1917:* Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.

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