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title: עָמַם — darken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמַם (6004), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: darken. BDB 1906: vb. darken, dim. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמַם

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«עָמַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **darken** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6004 · **BDB:** עָמַם²

### Glosses

it.is.dimmed (1); people (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

darken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6004/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. darken, dim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6004/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. darken, dim (NH id.; Arabic غَمَّ cover, veil, conceal; 𝔗 עֲמַם grow dark);— Pf. 3 pl. sf. עֲמַמֻהוּ Ez 31:8 dub., but prob. (as Thes) cedars did not eclipse him; עֲמָמוּךָ 28:3 no secret do they hold dark (= is held dark) for thee (Ges§ 117 x). Impf. 3 ms. יוּעַם זָהָב La 4:1 (fig.) how is the gold dimmed! cf. Bu.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6004/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.3/)

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הִנֵּ֥ה חָכָ֛ם אַתָּ֖ה מִדָּֽנִיֵּ֑אלכָּל־סָת֖וּם לֹ֥א עֲמָמֽוּךָ׃

*Word for word:* there! \[are\].wise you more than.Daniel all \[that.which.is\].kept.secret not people hold.dark.from.you

*JPS 1917:* Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! there is no secret that they can hide from thee!

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[Lamentations 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.1/)

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אֵיכָה֙ יוּעַ֣ם זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א הַכֶּ֣תֶם הַטּ֑וֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙ אַבְנֵי־קֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּרֹ֖אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ס

*Word for word:* how! it.is.dimmed gold it.is.changed the gold (the) pure they.lie.scattered stones of.holiness at.\[the\] head of.all \[the\].streets

*JPS 1917:* How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.

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