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title: פָּעַם — thrust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּעַם (6470), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: thrust. BDB 1906: vb. thrust, impel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּעַם

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«פָּעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thrust** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6470 · **BDB:** פָּעַם

### Glosses

it.was.troubled (3); I.was.troubled (1); stir (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thrust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6470/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. thrust, impel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6470/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. thrust, impel (prob. orig. strike, hit, v. deriv., and Ph. פעם foot);— Inf. cstr. sf. לְפַעֲמוֹ Ju 13:25 the spirit of י׳ began to impel him. be disturbed, Pf. 1 s. נִפְעַמְתִּי ψ 77:5; Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּפָּ֫עֶם רוּחוֹ Gn 41:8 Dn 2:3; so Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּתְפָּ֫עֶם רוּחוֹ Dn 2:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6470/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 77:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.5/)

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אָ֭חַזְתָּ שְׁמֻר֣וֹת עֵינָ֑י נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֲדַבֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* you.held the.eyelids my.eyes my I.was.troubled and not I.spoke

*JPS 1917:* Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

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[Judges 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.25/)

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וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ בְּמַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ןמַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ן בֵּ֥ין צָרְעָ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.began the.spirit of.Yahweh to stir him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and between Eshtaol

*JPS 1917:* And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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