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title: עַמּוּד — pillar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַמּוּד (5982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 111 times: pillar. BDB 1906: n.m. pillar, column. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַמּוּד

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«עַמּוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pillar** — 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:** 111 times · **Key:** 5982 · **BDB:** עַמּוּד

### Glosses

pillars (47); the.pillars (26); a.pillar (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pillar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pillar, column [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 7:15 pillar, column;—עַמּוּד abs. 1 K 7:15 +, cstr. Ex 13:21 +; עַמֻּד abs. Je 52:21, cstr. Nu 14:14; sf. עַמּוּדוֹ 2 Ch 23:13; pl. עַמּוּדִים 1 K 7:16 +, less often עַמֻּ׳ v 21 +; cstr. עַמּוּדֵי Ex 26:32 + less often עַמֻּ׳ 38:17 +; sf. עַמּוּדָיו Ex 36:38 +, עַמֻּדָיו 27:10 +, etc.;— pillar, supporting house Ju 16:25, 26, 29; pillars in tabern. Ex 27:10, 11, 17; 36:38; Nu 3:37 + 27 times Ex Nu (P), + עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים pillars of acacia wood Ex 26:32, 37; 36:36; pillars in Sol.’s palace 1 K 7:2, 3, 6, אוּלָם הָע׳ v 6, עַמּוּדֵי אֲרָזִים v 2 pillars of cedar (P); in Ezek.’s temple Ez 42:6(×2); ע׳ שֵׁשׁ Est 1:6 (in palace), Ct 5:15 (sim.). two bronze pillars—1 K 7:15; 2 K 25:13 = Je 52:17—before temple 1 K 7:15(×2) + 14 times 1 K 7, + 2 K 25:16, 17(×2) = Je 52:20, 21(×2), Je 27:19; 1 Ch 18:8; 2 Ch 3:15, 16, 17 + 4 times 2 Ch 4; perhaps one was הָע׳ by which king stood in temple 2 K 11:14 = 2 Ch 23:13; 2 K 23:3; \> ע׳ here = standing-place, platform Thes al.; two pillars bef. Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:49. columns, uprights, of silver Ct 3:10 (litter). ע׳ עָשָׁן Ju 20:40 column of smoke: ע׳ (הֶ)עָנָן Ex 13:21, 22 (J) + 6 times JE, hence Ne 9:12, 19 ψ 99:7; ‖ ע׳ (הָ)אֵשׁ Ex 13:21, 22 (J), Nu 14:14 (JE), Ne 9:12, 19; ע׳ אֵשׁ וְעָנָן Ex 14:24 (J), all of the theoph at time of Exodus. ע׳ בַּרְזֶל Je 1:18 (fig. of proph.). poet. of pillars of earth Jb 9:5 ψ 75:4, of heaven Jb 26:11. of wisdom’s house Pr 9:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 49 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַמּוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/)

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עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pillars of.heaven they.shake and they.are.astonished from rebuke his

*JPS 1917:* The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

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[Proverbs 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.1/)

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חָ֭כְמוֹת בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* wisdom(s) she.has.built house her she.has.hewn pillars her seven

*JPS 1917:* Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

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