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title: עָמַם — darken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמַם (lemma:עָמַם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: darken. BDB 1906: vb. darken, dim. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עָמַם · **BDB:** עָמַם²

### Glosses

they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

darken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. darken, dim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5de_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.8/)

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אֲרָזִ֣ים לֹֽא־עֲמָמֻהוּ֮ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִים֒ בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים לֹ֤א דָמוּ֙ אֶל־סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו וְעַרְמֹנִ֥ים לֹֽא־הָי֖וּ כְּפֹֽארֹתָ֑יו כָּל־עֵץ֙ בְּגַן־אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־דָמָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* cedars not they eclipsed.it in the.garden of.God fir.trees not they.were.like (to) boughs its and plane.trees not they.were like branches its every tree in the.garden of.God not it.was.like (to) it in beauty its

*JPS 1917:* The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

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