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עִם preposition with (Aramaic עִם, , Sabean עם DHMEpigr. Denkm. 12 HomChrest. 51; compare Arabic (but see PrätBAS. i. 26)), suffix עִמִּי46 and עִמָּדִי45 (probably akin to Arabic side, beside: compare √ ענד), without difference of meaning (עמי in Pentateuch Gen 31:31; Gen 39:7; Gen 39:12; Gen 39:14; Exod 33:12; Lev 26:21; Lev 26:23; Lev 26:27; Lev 26:40 [H] Num 22:19 Joshua-Kings 13 t.; Ps 42:9; Ps 86:17; Job 10:17; Ruth 1:11; Esth 7:8 in Dan 7 t.; Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles 11 t.: עמדי in Pentateuch Genesis [J E] 14 t., Exod 17:2; Lev 25:23; Deut 5:28; Deut 32:34; Deut 32:39 Judges Samuel 7 t.; Ps 23:4; Ps 50:11; Ps 55:19; Ps 101:6; Job 14 t., Ruth 1:8); עִמְּךָ, עִמְּכָה 1Sam 1:26, עִמָּ֑ךְ; עִמּוֺ, עִמָּהּ; עִמָּ֫נוּ; עִמָּכֶם; עִמָּם27 (Gen 18:16, etc.: Genesis-Kings 20 t.; Neh 13:25 not Ezra, Chronicles), and עִמָּהֶם23 (chiefly late: Num 22:12; Deut 29:16 (24 עמם), Jonah 1:3; Job 1:4, and 19 t. Nehemiah Ezra Chronicles): — 1. of fellowship and companionship (Latin
cum), as
Gen 13:1 ולוט עמו and Lot
with him,
Gen 18:16;
Gen 19:30;
Gen 24:54 הוא והאנשׁים אשׁר עמו,
וכל ישׂראל עמו Josh 7:24 al.; + often peculiar to Chronicles, Ezra are clauses introduced by
ועמהם ֗֗֗ 1Chr 12:34;
1Chr 13:2;
1Chr 15:8 +,
Ezra 8:13;
Ezra 8:14 (Aramaic
Ezra 5:2) +; so
ועמו ֗֗֗ 1Chr 12:28;
2Chr 17:14-18;
2Chr 26:17;
Ezra 8:3-12;
Ezra 8:33. Coupling substantives,
together with, chiefly in poetry:
Deut 12:23 לא תאכל הנפשׁ עם הבשׂר,
Josh 11:21;
Judg 16:3;
Eccl 7:11;
2Sam 1:24 שָׁנִי עִם עֲדָנִים,
Deut 32:14 עִם חֵלֶב כרים, v
Deut 32:14 v
Deut 32:24 v
Deut 32:25;
Amos 4:10;
Isa 25:11;
Isa 34:7;
Jer 6:11;
Jer 51:40;
Nah 3:12;
Ps 66:15 אעשׂה בקר עם עתודים,
Ps 81:3;
Ps 83:8;
Ps 87:4;
Ps 89:14;
Ps 104:25 +,
Song 1:11;
Song 4:13 (twice in verse)
כפרים עם נרדים, v
Song 4:14 v
Song 4:14;
Song 5:1 (3 t. in verse). Unusually,
Esth 9:25 אמר עם הספר he ordered
in conjunction with writing, in a written order. Poetic or late uses:
Ps 42:9 ובלילה שִׁירֹה עמי,
Ps 89:22 אשׁר יָדִי תִּכּוֺן עמו, v
Ps 89:25 in Job of the companionship of sufferings or prosperity,
Job 6:4 תִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עמדי,
Job 17:2 אם לא הֲתֻלִים עמדי,
Job 29:6 וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמדי פלגי שׁמן, v
Job 29:20 כבודי חָדָשׁ עמדי,
2Chr 14:5 ואין עמו מלחמה,
2Chr 16:19 ישׁ עמך מלחמות,
2Chr 28:10 עִמָּכֶם אֲשָׁמוֺת. Hence, in particular
a. of
aid,
Exod 23:5;
Deut 22:4;
1Chr 12:19 especially of God,
Gen 21:22 אלהים עמך,
Gen 26:3 ואהיה עמך, v
Gen 26:33;
Gen 31:3;
Gen 31:5;
Exod 3:12;
Josh 1:5;
Isa 8:10 כי עמנו אל Ps 23:4;
Ps 46:8;
Ps 46:12;
Job 29:5 + often (compare
אֵת,
Gen 39:2;
Gen 39:3;
Gen 39:21;
Gen 39:23;
Isa 43:5 +): so
הִתְחַזַּק עם 1Chr 11:10;
2Chr 16:9;
Dan 10:21,
עָזַר עם 1Chr 12:21,
כי גם ידם עם דוד 1Sam 22:17;
2Sam 3:12;
1Chr 4:10 (compare
Exod 23:1, and II.
אֵת 1 a).
With the help of (= Greek
σύν),
1Sam 14:45 כי עם אלהים עשׂה היום הזה,
Dan 11:39 (rare).
b. Of actions done jointly
with another, as
ירשׁ עם inherit
with,
Gen 21:10,
כרת ברית עם Gen 26:28 + often,
חָלַק (חִלֵּק) עם to share
with Josh 22:8;
Isa 53:12 +; compare
Deut 10:9 חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִם אֶחָיו,
Deut 18:1.
c. If the common action be of the nature of a contest or combat,
עִם is
with in the sense of
against: so often with
נִלְחַם to fight,
נִשְׁפַּט to dispute,
נֶאֱבַק to wrestle,
רִיב to strive (see these verbs),
Gen 26:20;
Gen 30:8;
Gen 32:29 בּא בְּמִשְׁפָּט עם to enter into judgment
with Isa 3:14 +,
Job 14:3 (
הֵבִיא),
עִם ׳רִיב לי Hos 4:1 +; hence, without a verb expressing the idea explicitly,
Ps 94:16 מי יקום לי עִם מְרֵעִים in the struggle with evil-doers ? v
b Ps 55:19 כי בְרַבִּים היו עמדי for as many are they
in combat with me,
Job 9:14 אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עמו in the contest with him,
Job 10:17b;
Job 16:21 perhaps
צָדַק עִם Job 9:2;
Job 25:4 (compare
4 b end).
d. Of dealing
with a person, or of the relation in which one stands
with, or
towards, another: as
עשׂה חסד עם to do kindness
with Gen 24:12 + often (in 1 person observe that in this phrase
עמדי, not
עמי, is regul. used,
Gen 19:19;
Gen 20:13;
Gen 40:14;
1Sam 20:14;
2Sam 10:2 [||
1Chr 19:2 עמי: here only],
al.),
עשׂה טוב עם Gen 26:29 +, see also
Gen 20:9;
Gen 31:29;
Deut 33:21;
Judg 15:3;
Job 10:12;
Job 13:20;
Job 42:8;
Ps 86:17 (compare
אִתְּכֶם Deut 1:30;
Deut 10:21 and Aramaic
Dan 3:32),
Ps 119:124;
Ps 126:2 (
1Sam 12:24),
Job 33:29 הֵיטִיד עם Gen 32:10;
Gen 32:13 +,
הֵרַע עִם Gen 31:7 רָצָה עם be well pleased
with Ps 50:18;
Job 34:9 דִּבֶּר עם to speak
with (subject usually God)
Exod 19:9 + (see
דִּבֶּר 3 e), hence
דָּבָר עִם Judg 18:7;
Judg 18:28;
2Sam 3:17;
1Kgs 1:7;
Job 15:11 דָּבָר לָאַט עמך a word (spoken) gently
with thee, compare
Job 11:5 ויפתח שׂפתיו עמך;
יֵאָמֵן עם 2Chr 1:9: and with adjectives
תמים עם perfect
with (i.e.
toward)
Deut 18:13;
Ps 18:24,
שָׁלֵם עם 1Kgs 8:61 +; compare
וְלִבָּם לֹא נָכוֺן עִמּוֺ Ps 78:37,
2Sam 21:4;
2Sam 23:5;
1Kgs 3:6 (
עמך),
Mic 6:8 הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱלֱהָיו,
Ps 73:22 toward thee,
1Chr 19:6;
Hos 12:1 (?); also
הָלַךְ קְרִי עִם Lev 26:21ff. (7 t.),
מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עם Deut 9:7;
Deut 9:24;
Deut 31:27;
2Chr 16:10;
2Chr 26:19;
Ps 85:5;
Job 10:17 a.
e. Of a common lot,
Gen 18:23 האף תספה צדיק עם רשׁע together with the wicked, v
Gen 18:25;
Job 3:14;
Job 3:15;
Isa 38:11;
Ps 26:9 אל תאסף עם חטּאים נפשׁי, v
b Ps 28:3 (twice in verse),
Ps 69:29;
Job 30:1;
1Chr 24:5 hence
like,
Ps 73:5 ועם אדם לא יְנֻנָּ֑עוּ with (i.e.
like) men (in general),
Ps 106:6 חטאנו עם אבותינו,
Eccl 2:16 ואיך ימות הֶחָכָם עם הכסיל i.e.
like the fool.
feminine Of equality or resemblance generally (poetry), Job 9:26 חָֽלְפוּ עִם אֳנִיּוֺת אֵבֶה they pass by with, i.e. as swiftly as, skiffs of reed, Job 37:18 תרקיע עמו שׁחקים i.e. like him, Job 40:15 אשׁר עשׂיתי עמך; so נִמְשַׁל עִם Ps 28:1; Ps 143:7, נֶחְשַׁב עִם Ps 88:5.
g. Of time, = as long as, Ps 72:5 יִירָאוּךָ עם שׁמשׁ as long as the sun endureth (compare Aramaic Dan 3:33; Dan 4:31 also see Amos. i. 15, 16 cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit); at the time of (?) 2Chr 21:19 (but read perhaps מֵחָלְיוֺ); and with infinitive (late), Ezra 1:11 עִם הֵעָלוֺת הַגּוֺלָה (compare ἅμα τῷ followed by infinitive Judg 3:21; Judg 9:33 also עִם Eccl 40:14). 2. Of a locality,
close to, beside: Gen 25:11 וישׁב יצחק עם נאר לחי ראי beside the well of, etc.,
Gen 35:4 תַּחַת הָאֵלָה אשׁר עם שׁכם (so, after
אשׁר,
Josh 7:2;
Judg 9:6;
Judg 18:22;
2Sam 13:23),
Josh 19:46 (?),
Judg 18:3 הֵמָּה עִם בֵּית מִיכָה (so
Judg 19:11;
2Sam 20:8),
1Sam 10:2;
2Sam 6:7 וַיָּ֫מָת ׳שָׁם עִם אֲרוֺן הא,
2Sam 19:38;
2Sam 24:16;
1Kgs 1:9;
1Chr 13:14 by the house of O., in its own house (see
Be),
1Chr 21:15 (
2Sam 24:16),
2Sam 26:16 (compare
אֵת 3. Of persons,
עִם is specifically
a. in the house or
family or
service of (
apud, chez):
Gen 23:4 גֵּר וְתוֺשָׁב עמך (figurative of
׳י Lev 25:23;
Ps 39:13),
Gen 27:44;
Gen 29:14 וַיֵשֶׁב עִמּוֺ, v
Gen 29:25 עבדתי עמך I have served
with thee (so v
Gen 29:30, compare
Deut 15:16),
Gen 31:38;
Lev 25:6;
Lev 25:40 (twice in verse);
Lev 25:50;
Lev 25:53;
Deut 22:2;
Deut 23:17;
Judg 17:10;
2Sam 19:34;
1Kgs 11:22 compare
1Sam 2:21 ׳עם י i.e. at his sanctuary.
b. In the possession of (Latin
penes):
Gen 24:25 straw, etc., is
עִמָּנוּ,
Gen 31:32;
Deut 17:19 והיתה עמו with him, at his side,
Deut 29:16;
Job 28:14 וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי; =
stored up with,
Deut 32:34 כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי Job 27:13 (but read here probably
מֵאֵל; compare
Job 20:29); of ethical or mental attributes,
1Sam 25:25 וּנְבָלָה עִמּוֺ,
Job 12:13 עִמּוֺ חָנְמָה וּגְבוּרָה, v
Job 12:16;
Job 25:2;
Ps 130:7;
2Chr 19:3;
2Chr 19:7. compare figurative
Ps 36:10 כי עמך מְקוֺר חַיִּים.
c. In the custody or
care of,
1Sam 9:23 שִׂים אֹתָהּ עִמָּ֑ךְ;
1Sam 22:23 כִּי מִשְׁמֶרֶת אַתָּה עִמָּדִי: compare
Job 17:3 עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּ֑ךְ be surety for me
with thyself.
d. Beside =
except,
Deut 32:39 אֵין אלהים עִמָּדִי,
Ps 73:25 ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ and
beside thee I delight not (in aught that is) upon earth (al.
in comparison of thee,
1 f),
2Chr 14:10 וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לַעֲזֹר there is none
beside thee to help,
2Chr 20:6 perhaps
Hos 9:8 (
Hi Ke; but very dubious, see Commentaries). compare
אֵת 1 b. e. With =
friendly with,
Gen 31:2 כי איננו עמי (synonym v
Gen 31:5 אֶל towards),
2Kgs 10:15 לְבָבִי עִם לְבָֽבְךָ,
Prov 23:7 וְלִבּוֺ בַל עִמָּ֑ךְ.
4. Idiomatic of a
thought or
purpose present
with one: —
a. ׳עִם לְבַב פ, especially in Deuteronomy and the later Deuteronomic style,
Deut 8:5 וְיָדַעְתָּ עִם לְבָבְךָ thou shalt know
with thy heart,
Deut 15:9 פן יהיה דבר עם לבבך בליעל a wicked thought
with thy heart,
Josh 14:7 I brought back word
כָאשׁר עם לבבי ׳היה עם לְבַב פ, especially of a purpose,
1Kgs 8:17 ויהי עם ׳לבב דוד לִבְנוֺת וגו i.e. it was David's
purpose to build, etc., v
1Kgs 8:18 v
1Kgs 8:18;
1Kgs 10:2 (=
2Chr 6:7;
2Chr 6:8 (twice in verse);
2Chr 9:1),
1Chr 22:7;
1Chr 28:2 (both based on
1Kgs 8:17, etc.),
2Chr 1:11;
2Chr 24:4;
2Chr 29:10 rather differently, to
muse or
talk with one's heart,
Ps 77:7;
Eccl 1:16.
b. עִם alone, = in one's
consciousness, whether of knowledge or memory or purpose (compare
אֵת 3 b;
WAG ii. § 66):
Num 14:24 עֵקֶב הָֽיְתָה רוּחַ אַחֶרֶת עִמּוֺ i.e. operating in his mind,
1Kgs 11:11 יען אשׁר היתה זאת עמך,
1Chr 28:12 the pattern of all
אשׁר היה בָרוּחַ עמו that was in spirit (i.e. mentally)
with him,
Ps 50:11 וְזִיז שָׂדַי עִמָּדִי is
with me (i.e. is known to me; ||
ידעתי), probably also
Ps 73:23;
Ps 139:18 (= in thy thought and care);
Job 9:35 לא כן אנכי עמדי not so am I
with myself (my consciousness — or conscience — does not tell me that I need dread him),
Job 10:13 ידעתי כי זאת עמך i.e. that this was thy purpose (||
אֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ),
Job 15:9 ולא עמנו הוא and is not
with us (= in our knowledge; ||
וְלֹא נֵדָ֑ע),
Job 23:10 כי ידע דרך עמדי the way
of which I am conscious (
De;
Ew Di the way
attending me, my usual way), v
Job 23:14 וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֺת עמו i.e. he has many such purposes,
Job 27:11 אֲשֶׁד עִם שַׁדָּי לֹא אֲכַחֵד i.e. his purposes or principles of action. Also sometimes
in the judgment or
estimation of,
1Sam 2:26 טוֺב עִם,
2Sam 6:22 נִכְבַּד עִם, perhaps
צָדַק עִם Job 9:2;
Job 25:4 (
Ges Bu; but
Ew as
1 c,
Hi De beside, in comparison of).
5. Metaph.
together with =
in spite of, notwithstanding Neh 5:18 וְעִם זֶה (compare
WAG ii. § 57; in Hebrew
בְּ is the more usual synonym). — In
1Sam 16:12 אַדְמֹנִי עִם יְפֵה עֵינַיִם (compare
1Sam 17:42 עִם יְפֵה מַרְאֶה), if text correct,
יפה must be a neuter substantive,
with beauty of eyes; but read probably (
Gr Bu)
עֶלֶם a youth (
1Sam 17:56;
1Sam 20:22) for
עם (see
HPS;
CheExpos. T. x. 521 אַדְמֹנִי עֶצֶם, compare
Lam 4:7).
מֵעִם72 from with or
beside (=
παρὰ with a genitive: compare
מֵאֵת): hence
a. after verbs of departing, taking, removing, etc.,
Gen 13:14 אַחֲרֵי הִפָּרֶדֿ לוֺט מֵעִמּוֺ,
Gen 26:16 לֵךְ מֵעִמָּנוּ,
1Sam 10:2;
1Sam 10:9;
1Sam 14:17 מי הלך מעמנו,
2Sam 1:2;
1Sam 16:14 סרה מעם שׁאול ׳ורוח י,
1Sam 18:12;
2Kgs 2:9 בטרם אֶלָּקַח מעמך;
2Sam 15:28 עַד בּוֺא דָבָר מֵעִמָּכֶם; of heart turning
׳מעם י Deut 29:17;
1Kgs 11:9 after
שׁאל to ask,
Exod 22:13;
Deut 10:12 ׳מה י שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ,
1Sam 1:17;
1Sam 20:28 (Niph`al),
Isa 7:11 +;
דרשׁ to require,
Deut 18:19;
Deut 23:22,
1Kgs 14:5 (to
inquire);
יצא מֵעִם פרעה from (being)
with Phoenician
Exod 8:8;
Exod 8:25;
Exod 8:26;
Exod 9:33 +: compare
2Sam 3:26;
1Sam 18:13 ויסירהו שׁאול מעמו; and
מַעִם פְּנֵי Gen 44:29;
Job 1:12. Sq. a word denoting a place,
Gen 48:12 וַיּוֺצֵא יוֺסֵָף אֹתָם מֵעִם בִּרְכָּיו,
Exod 21:14 מֵעִם מִזְבְּחִי (compare
1Sam 2:33),
Judg 9:37 מֵעִם טַבּוּר הארץ,
1Sam 20:34 מֵעִם הַשֻּׁלְחָן;
Job 28:4 מֵעִם גָּר away from, far from (si vera lectio).
b. Gen 24:27 אשׁר לא עזב חסדו מעם אֲדֹנִי (compare with
הכרית 1Sam 20:15,
הסיר 2Sam 7:15;
1Chr 17:13 (||
2Sam 7:15 מן),
הפיר Ps 89:34);
Ruth 4:10 לאֹיִֿכָּרֵת שֵׁם מֵעִם.
c. From the possession, or
custody, of (compare
עִם 3 b, c): so with
גזל Gen 31:31,
ערב to take in pledge
Gen 44:32,
גנב Exod 22:11,
יצא (subject a slave; compare
עם 3 a)
Lev 25:41;
Deut 15:16 (compare with
שִׁלַּח חָפְשִׁי Deut 15:12;
Deut 15:13;
Deut 15:18;
Jer 34:14,
הִנָּצֵל Deut 23:16),
לקח 2Sam 3:15,
קנה 2Sam 24:21.
d. Expressing
origination or
authorship: 1Sam 20:7 כִּי כָֽלְתָה הָרָעָה מֵעִמּוֺ, v
1Sam 20:9 v
1Sam 20:33 (compare
מֵאֵת Esth 7:17); especially of
׳י (compare
מֵאֵת c),
Gen 41:32 ׳נָכוֺן הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הא is established
from, on the part of, God,
1Kgs 2:33 ׳שׁלום ֗֗֗ מעם י,
1Kgs 12:15 (
2Chr 10:15)
כִי הָֽיְתָה סִבָּה ׳מעם י,
Isa 8:18 signs and portents
׳מעם י,
Isa 28:29 יצאה ׳גם זאת מעם י,
Isa 29:6;
Ps 121:2 ׳עֶזְרִי מעם י Ruth 2:12. And of a judgment proceeding
from any one:
2Sam 3:28 ׳נקי מעם י =
pronounced guiltness
by ׳י,
Job 34:33 הֲמֵעִמְּךָ at thy judgment shall he requite ? (compare
מִן 2 d end).