Psalms 139:18

אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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אֶ֭סְפְּרֵ ם
אֶ֭סְפְּרֵ
Root word scribe, told, declare, tell, numbered, …
ם
Suffix — pronoun their / them
Dictionary form: סָפַר · saw-PAHR

Verb — Qal, Imperfect (Yiqtol), first person singular simple action — "he did" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "I"

In the KJV here: if i should count
the scribe ×31 and told ×8 declare ×5 scribe ×5 and declare ×3 be numbered ×3 i will declare ×3 scribes ×3
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tell — Broad, everyday choice for oral reporting or narrating.
recount — Implies fuller, sequential retelling of events or stories.
declare — More formal or solemn proclamation; suits poetic or liturgical contexts.
count — Use when the numerical sense of enumeration is primary.
proclaim — Emphasizes public announcement; strong rhetorical register.
scribe — For the nominal sense — a professional writer or record-keeper.

BDB5695 H5608

BDB5694 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5696

סָפַר107 verb count, Pi`el recount, relate (probably ancient denominative from סֵפֶר; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Ethiopic measure Di404); —

Qal27 Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ס 2Sam 24:10, 2 masculine singular סָפַרְתָּה Ps 56:9, וְסָפַרְתָּ֫ Lev 25:8, etc.; Imperfect יִסְפֹּר Ps 87:6 + Job 38:37 where read probably יִסְפֹּר (Bu) for ᵑ0 יְסַפֵּר, יִסְפּוֺר Job 31:4, וַיִּסְפֹּר 2Chr 2:1; 2Chr 2:16, suffix וַיִּסְפְּרֵם Ezra 1:8 2 masculine singular תִּסְפֹּר Job 39:2, תִּסְפּוֺר Job 14:16, תִּסְפָּרֿ Deut 16:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְפֹר Gen 15:5 masculine plural סִפְרוּ 1Chr 21:2; Ps 48:13 Infinitive construct לִסְפֹּר Gen 15:5 + 2 t.; Participle סֹפֵר Isa 33:18 (twice in verse) (see also סֹפֵר
  n. below); —
1. count things, to learn their number, with accusative, Gen 15:5 (twice in verse) (J) 2Sam 24:10 + 10 t. (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2Chr 2:16); accusative omitted Gen 41:49 (E); + ל (dativus commodi [dative of benefit] or ethicus [of interest]), Lev 15:13; Lev 15:28; Lev 23:15; Lev 25:8 (all PH), Deut 16:9; Ezek 44:26; Ezra 1:8; Ps 87:6; Isa 33:8 (absolute), vIsa 33:18 (but text suspicious, conjectures in Du CheHpt).
2. number = take account of, carefully observe and consider, reckon: צְעָדַי תִּסְפּוֺר Job 14:16 of my steps thou takest account, so Job 31:4 see also Job 38:37 (compare above); נֹדִי סָפַרַתַּה Ps 56:9 my wandering hast thou reckoned, taken into account (Che reads סִפַּרְתִּי after ᵐ5).

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִסָּפֵר Hos 2:1 + 4 t.; 3 masculine plural יִסָּֽפְרוּ 1Kgs 8:5; 2Chr 5:6, וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ 1Chr 23:3 — be counted, numbered usually with negative, to indicate multitude, מֵרֹב ׳לֹא יִסּ Gen 16:10 (J) it is not to be counted, for multitude, so Gen 32:13 (J), 1Kgs 3:8 (|| יִמָּנֶה לֹא), 1Kgs 8:5 (+ id.), 2Chr 5:6 (+ id.); compare Hos 2:1 (+ יִמַּד לֹאֿ), Jer 33:22 (|| לֹא יִמַּד); positively, only וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ הַלְּוִיִּם 1Chr 23:3.

Pi`el67 Perfect 1 singular סִפַּ֫רְתִּי Ps 119:26, סִפַּ֑רְתִּי vPs 119:13 3 plural סִפְּרוּ Judg 6:13 + 3 t.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְסַפֵּר Job 38:37 +, 1 singular אֲסַפֵּר Ps 22:18 +; cohortative אֲסַפֵּ֑רָה Job 15:7 1 plural וַנְּסַפֶּרֿ Exod 10:2, etc.; Imperative סַפֵּר Isa 43:26, etc.; Infinitive construct (לְ) סַפֵּר Ps 50:16 + 5 t.; Participle מְסַפֵּר Judg 7:13; 2Kgs 8:5 plural מְסַפְּרִים Ps 19:2; Ps 78:4 — recount, rehearse, declare:

1. recount something (accusative) to (לְ person) Judg 6:13; Judg 7:13; Gen 24:66 (J), 1Sam 11:5 + 18 t. (of rehearsing glorious deeds of ׳י Ps 44:2; Ps 73:28; Ps 78:3; Ps 78:4; Ps 79:13); with accusative + בְּ local Ezek 12:16, elsewhere of rehearsing name or praise of ׳י Exod 9:16 (J) Ps 9:15; Ps 96:3 = 1Chr 16:24; Ps 102:22; Jer 51:10 with accusative alone Ps 9:2; Ps 19:2; Ps 119:13 (+ בְּ instrumental), Ps 145:6 + 8 t. Psalms + Isa 43:21, all of rehearsing praise of ׳י; compare עָֽצְמוּ מִסַּפֵּר Ps 40:6 they are too great to rehearse with accusative also Jer 23:28; Jer 23:32; Job 15:17; Job 28:27; Ps 119:26 accusative omitted Isa 43:26, with לְ person Gen 40:8 (E) + 6 t., with אֶלֿ person Gen 37:10 (E), with בְּאָזְנֵי Exod 10:2 with כְּמוֺ (q. v.) Ps 73:15 with אֶלֿ concerning Ps 2:7, compare Ps 69:27 ( ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Ew Ol Gr Bi Che Bae add; in that case read יֹסִ֑פוּ); with עַלֿ concerning + לְ person Joel 1:3.
2. apparently, in weakened sense, talk Ps 59:13; Ps 64:6 (with ל concerning), Ps 73:15 (with כְּמוֺ).
3. count exactly, accurately אֲסַפֵּר כָּלעַֿצְמוֺתָ֑י Ps 22:18 I can count exactly all my bones (in wasted body). — Ps 40:6 see below 1, Job 38:37 read יִסְפֹּר.

Pu`al be recounted, related, rehearsed: Perfect 3 masculine singular סֻפַּר לְ Isa 52:15 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְסֻפַּר לְ Job 37:20 (clause as subject), + לְ concerning Ps 22:31 with בְּ local Ps 88:12 absolute יְסֻפָּ֑ר Hab 1:5.

BDB5696 H5608

BDB5695 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5697

סֹפֵר, סוֺפֵר noun masculinePs 45:2 enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (properly participle of סָפַר; Aramaic סַפְרָא, id. compare doctus, literatus; O Aramaic ספרא id., Lzb330 Cook85; Phoenician ספר Lzb330); — absolute סֹפֵר Judg 5:14 +, סוֺפֵר 2Sam 8:17 +; construct סֹפֵר 2Kgs 12:11 + 2 t., + Jer 52:25 (Gie GFM read ׳הַסּ as || 2Kgs 25:19); plural סֹפְרִים 1Kgs 4:3; Jer 8:8, ׳סוֺ 1Chr 2:55; 1Chr 34:13 construct סֹפְרֵי Esth 3:12; Esth 8:9 —

1. a. enumerator, muster-officer in description of leaders of Israel ׳משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט ס Judg 5:14.
  b. king's official = secretary 2Sam 8:17 = 2Sam 20:25 = 1Chr 18:16; 2Kgs 18:18; 2Kgs 18:37 = Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22 Solomon had two 1Kgs 4:3 (in all these distinguished from מַזְכִּיר); also 2Kgs 19:2 = Isa 37:2; Jer 36:10; Jer 36:12, compare ׳לִשְׁכַּת הַסּ vJer 36:12 vJer 36:20 vJer 36:21, ׳בֵּית הַסּ Jer 37:15; Jer 37:20 acting as treasurer and paymaster 2Kgs 12:11 = 2Chr 24:11, — compare Zadok Neh 13:13 — 2Kgs 22:3; 2Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 22:9; 2Kgs 22:10; 2Kgs 22:12 = 2Chr 34:15; 2Chr 34:18; 2Chr 34:20; 1Chr 24:6 (Levite); שַׂר הַצָּבָא ׳הַסּ 2Kgs 25:19 = Jer 52:25 (si vera lectio in Kings) implies military authority (but ׳שַׂר הַצּ perhaps gloss GFMJudg 5:14); Ew Sta and others read (as Jeremiah) scribe of general.
  c. in Persia, secretaries who wrote out (king's) decrees, according to Esth 3:12; Esth 8:9.
  d. 2Chr 26:11 uses ׳ס for muster-officer; 1Chr 2:55 mentions families of סוֺפְרִים; 2Chr 34:13 knows ׳ס as Levites; ׳ס 1Chr 27:32 = man of learning.
2. professional class of learned men, 'scribes' able to read and write Jer 36:26; Jer 36:32 with writing implements, ׳מָהִיר עֵט ס Ps 45:2, ׳קֶסֶת הַסּ Ezek 9:2; Ezek 9:3, ׳תַּעַר הַסּ Jer 36:23 especially learned in the law, and assuming to issue its precepts, עֵט שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Jer 8:8.
3. specifically of Ezra, at once priest (כֹּהֵן) and learned in the law (סֹפֵר), Ezra 7:11, ׳בְרֵי מִצְוֺת י Di ׳ס vEzra 7:11 [compare Aramaic vEzra 7:12 vEzra 7:21], מָהִיר בְּתוֺרֵת משֶׁה ׳ס vEzra 7:6; Neh 8:1; Neh 8:4; Neh 8:9; Neh 8:13; Neh 12:26; Neh 12:36.

BDB9740 H5613 H5608

BDB9739 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9741

[סָפֵר] noun masculine secretary, scribe (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew סֹפֵר); — emphatic סָֽפְרָא the secretary, Persian official, Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23 construct סָפַר the scribe Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21, of Ezra as learned in God's law.

scribe, told, declare, tell, numbered, …
sāpar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebrate
  • (v) to count, recount, relate
    • (Qal)
      • to count (things)
        • "to number, take account of, reckon
      (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered"(Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
      • to recount (something), rehearse
        • "to talk"to count exactly or accurately
      (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
    (n m) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
    • enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
      • "learned man, scribe

מֵ ח֣וֹל
מֵ
Prefix — preposition from, out of
ח֣וֹל
Root word sand
Dictionary form: חוֹל · hole

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: than the sand
as the sand ×11 even as the sand ×2 than the sand ×2 the sand ×2 and as the sand ×1 and the sand ×1 him in the sand ×1 in the sand ×1
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sand — Most direct equivalent; suits nearly every context.
grains of sand — Emphasizes innumerable quantity; vivid in comparisons.
sandy shore — Contextually rich when a coastline or beach is implied.
sand of the sea — Preserves biblical idiom for vast, uncountable multitudes.
desert sand — Preferred when wilderness or arid landscape is the setting.

BDB2609 H2344

BDB2608 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2610

חוֺל noun masculineHos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, ) — ׳ח absolute Gen 22:17 + 15 t.; construct Gen 32:13 + 6 t.; — sand Exod 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Jer 5:22 ׳שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח Deut 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
  a. usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Gen 22:17 (J; compare Gen 15:5); Jacob's Gen 32:13 (E) of a host Josh 11:4 (JE), Judg 7:12; 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 17:11 a people 1Kgs 4:20; Hos 2:1; Isa 10:22; Isa 48:19 (|| וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֶעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Jer 33:22; Hab 1:9 of corn gathered by Joseph Gen 41:49 of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds עוף כנף (i.e. quails) Ps 78:27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1Kgs 5:9.
  b. in compare, more than the sand Jer 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Ps 139:18.
  c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3 heavier than the sand, compare וְנֵטֶל הַחוֺל Prov 27:3 (|| כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל. — Combinations are: ׳כח אשׁר על שׂפת הים Gen 22:17; Josh 11:4; 1Sam 13:5; 1Kgs 5:9 הַיָּם ׳כח Gen 32:13; Gen 41:49; Isa 10:22; Hos 2:1 (+ אשׁר לא יִמַּד ולא יִסָּפֵר); הַיָּם ׳ח Jer 33:22 שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת הים לרב ׳כח Judg 7:12 אשׁרעֿלהֿים לרב ׳כח 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 4:20 (מ)חול יַמִּים Job 6:3; Ps 78:27; Jer 15:8.

sand
ḥôl
sand (as round or whirling particles)
  • sand

יִרְבּ֑וּ ן
יִרְבּ֑וּ
Root word multiply, much, multiplied, many, increase, …
ן
Suffix emphatic ending — no change in meaning
Dictionary form: רָבָה · raw-BAW

Verb — Qal, Imperfect (Yiqtol), third person masculine plural simple action — "he did" not-yet-complete action — try "he will ___" or "he ___s" the built-in subject is "they"

In the KJV here: them they are more in number
much ×19 and multiply ×13 many ×11 multiply ×7 and multiplied ×6 increase ×5 and i will multiply ×4 and multiply thee ×3
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multiply — Core meaning; best for commands or promises of growth.
increase — Slightly more formal; suits gradual or ongoing growth.
grow numerous — Vivid for population or quantity expanding over time.
abound — Highlights abundance; good for non-numeric or richness contexts.
proliferate — Modern, slightly technical; suits rapid or widespread increase.
be plentiful — Stative nuance; use when describing an existing large quantity.

BDB7707 H7235

BDB7706 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7708

I. [רָבָה]225 verb be, or become, much, many, great (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian rabû, be great, grow; Arabic Aramaic רְבָא; , , all grow, increase); —

Qal59, Perfect 3 feminine singular רָֽבְתָה 1Sam 14:30 2 masculine singular וְרָבִ֫יתָ consecutive Deut 30:16 3 plural רָבוּ Ezra 9:6 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְבֶּה Deut 8:13 +, jussive יִ֫רֶב Gen 1:22 + 2Chr 24:27 Qr (< ורב Kt, see רֹב
1.), וַיִּ֫רֶב Exod 1:20 3 feminine singular תִּרְבֶּה Deut 7:22; Dan 12:4, וַתֵּ֫רֶב Gen 43:34; 1Kgs 5:10 3 masculine plural יִרְבּוּ Deut 11:31 +, יִרְבּוּן Ps 139:18, יִרְבְּיֻן Deut 8:13 etc.; Imperative masculine singular וּרְבֵה Gen 35:11 Infinitive construct רְבוֺת Exod 11:9 +; — Participle רֹבֶה see II. רבה; —
1. become many, numerous:
  a. of people, Exod 1:10; Exod 1:12 (J), vExod 1:20 (E), Deut 6:3; Deut 8:1; Deut 30:16; Zech 10:8; 1Chr 5:23 רָבוּ לְמָ֑עְלָה 1Chr 23:17 especially + פרה be fruitful and multiply Jer 3:16; Jer 23:3 (figurative of flock), Gen 47:27b (P), Exod 1:7 (P), Ps 107:38 also (of man and beast) Ezek 36:11 of children Job 27:14 צַדִּיקִים Prov 28:28, ׳בִּרְבוֺת צ Prov 29:2 (Toy רְדוֺת rule, || מְשֹׁל ),רְשָׁעִים ׳בר vProv 29:16 (Toy id.).
  b. of animals Deut 7:22 (+ עַל person), Deut 8:13; 1Chr 5:9 + פרה Gen 1:22; Gen 8:17 (both P; compare Ezek 36:11 above).
  c. of things Deut 8:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 31:5; Exod 11:9 (P), Eccl 5:10 of sins Ezra 9:6 (+ לְמַ֫עְלָה), Prov 29:16 + מִן compare Ps 16:4; Ps 139:18 of days Gen 38:12 (J), Deut 11:21; 1Sam 7:2; Prov 9:11, years of life Prov 4:10 of waters Gen 7:17 (J), vGen 7:18 (P).
2. a. be great: (I) of things Gen 43:24 (J; + מִן compare), 1Sam 14:30 of way = be long Deut 19:6 and (מִן compare person) Deut 14:24 be too long for; of wisdom 1Kgs 5:10 (מִן compare). (2) of person, יִרְבֶּה אֱלֹהִים מֵאֱנוֺשׁ Job 33:12 i.e. is too great for (De and others); has loftier, nobler thoughts (Di Bu), but no ||.
  b. grow great (Aramaism): (I) of person, = grow up Ezek 16:7 ( + גָּדַל), Job 39:4. (2) of glory Ps 49:17, knowledge Dan 12:4. — 2Chr 24:27 see above Pi:4., make large, increase; — Imperative masculine singularרַבֶּה צְבָאֲךָ Judg 9:29 enlarge thy host; Perfect 2 masculine singular רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם Ps 44:13 thou hast not made great with their price (set a high price; so Ew De Che and others); or increased (that is, thy wealth) by their price (Hup Bae); = bring up, rear (children) Lam 2:22 (+ טפּח), whelps Ezek 19:2 (in figurative). Hiph`il162 Perfect 3 masculine singular הִרְבָּה Hos 8:11 +, suffix וְהִרְבְּךָֹ consecutive Deut 30:5 2 masculine singular הִרְבִּיתָ Isa 9:2 +, 1 singular הִרְבֵּיתִי Hos 2:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יַרְבֶּה Hos 12:2 +, וַ֫יֶּרֶב 2Sam 18:8; Lam 2:5 etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְבֵּה Ezek 24:10, הֶ֫רֶב Judg 20:38 + Ps 51:4 Qr (הרבה Kt, Infinitive absolute), etc.; feminine singular הַרְבִּי Isa 23:16, masculine plural הַרְבּוּ Amos 4:4; Gen 34:12 Infinitive absolute הַרְבֵּה Gen 15:1 +, הַרְבָּה (BaNB 90, 91) Gen 3:16; Gen 16:10; Gen 22:17 construct הַרְבּוֺת Deut 28:63 + (2Sam 14:11 Kt הרבית; Amos 4:9; Prov 25:27 see below); Participle מַרְבֶּה Exod 16:17 +, construct מַרְבֵּה Lev 11:42, etc.; —
1. make much, or many:
  a. object person (or a people), multiply, increase Gen 16:10; Gen 17:20; Isa 9:2 +; Ezek 36:10 (+ עַל person), vEzek 36:11 (man and beast; + id.); Deut 30:5 (+ מִן compare person); + פרה Hiph`il Gen 28:3; Gen 48:4 (both P); הִרְבָּה כּוֺשֵׁל Jer 46:16 = he made many stumble; = have many 1Chr 7:4; 1Chr 8:40; 1Chr 23:11.
  b. object animals Deut 17:16 (twice in verse) (compare Ezek 36:11 above).
  c. object things Hos 2:10; Hos 8:11; Hos 8:14; +; הַרְבּוּ עָלַי מְאֹד מֹהַר וּמַתָּן Gen 34:12 opposed to הִמְעִיט Lev 26:16; Num 26:54; Num 33:54 object words Eccl 10:14 (see Job 34:37 below 2), compare Isa 1:15; Job 40:27, הַרְבִּי שִׂיר Isa 23:16 object days Job 29:18 (like sand); = use many (medicines) Jer 46:11 have many (feet) Lev 11:42 bring abundantly 2Chr 31:5 yield abundantly Neh 9:37 with ל of object Hos 10:1 (ל 3 a); object omitted Hab 2:6; Prov 22:16, also (opposed to מעט [usually Hiph`il]) Exod 16:17; Exod 16:18; Exod 30:15; Num 35:8 (all P), Prov 13:11.
  d. (1) followed by infinitive, make much to do, do much in respect of, = do much, abundantly; greatly, often, etc. (Dr181, 12): הַרְבּוּ לִפְשֹׁעַ Amos 4:4 = transgress greatly, so Ezra 10:13, compare 2Kgs 21:6 = 2Chr 33:6 further, Isa 55:7; Exod 36:5; 2Chr 36:14; Ps 78:38, also 2Sam 14:11 (Kt מהרבית, Qr מֵהַרְבַּת, read probably מֵהַרְבוֺת Drreff. Ges«GKC:75»§ 75 ff. Th Löhr); + מִן compare 2Sam 18:8; 1Sam 1:12 = pray a long time; Judg 20:38 strike out הֶרֶב as dittograph of הארב Be Bu GFM. (2) followed by finite verb (Drsm Ges«GKC:120g»§ 120g), אַלֿ תַּרְבּוּ תְדַבְּרוּ 1Sam 2:3 i.e. talk not so much; compare Ps 51:4. e the Infinitive absolute (Ol§ 191 b Köii. 1, 555 Ges«GKC:75»§ 75 ff.) is used: (1) הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה I will greatly increase Gen 3:16; Gen 16:10; Gen 22:17 (all J; Ges«GKC:113n»§ 113n); (2) וְהַרְבֵּה carrying on infinitive construct Ezek 21:20 (3) הַרְבֵּה as adverb (c. verbs and [Eccl 7:16] adjective ), greatly, exceedingly, etc., especially מְאֹד ׳ה Gen 41:49 (E), 1Sam 26:21; 2Sam 12:30 = I Chron 2Sam 20:2, Josh 13:1 (D), 2Kgs 21:16; Neh 2:2 perhaps also 1Kgs 5:9. 1Kgs 10:10 (both with נָתַן), v1Kgs 10:11 (with הֵבִיא), Jer 40:12 (with אָסַף), 2Chr 14:12 (with נָשָׂא); הַרְבֵּה alone 2Kgs 10:8 (opposed to מְעָ֑ט), Neh 3:33; Eccl 1:16; Eccl 5:19; Eccl 7:16; Eccl 7:17; Ps 51:4 Kt (Qr הֶרֶב Imperative); (4) as adjective attributive (KöSynt.:§ 318 e ), מְאֹד ׳ח Deut 3:5; Josh 22:8 (D; || רַבמְֿאֹד ), 2Sam 8:8 (רַבָּה מְאֹד in || 1Chr 18:18), 1Chr 12:2; Isa 30:33; 2Chr 32:27 so הַרְבֵּה alone Neh 4:4; Neh 4:13 (+ רְחָבָה), Ezra 10:1 (preceding n., compare 1. רַב), Eccl 2:7; Eccl 5:6; Eccl 5:16 (reading כעס as n., Ew De Hi-Now and others), Eccl 6:11; Eccl 9:18; Eccl 11:8a Eccl 12:9; Eccl 12:12 (twice in verse),הַרְבּוֺת alone Prov 25:27 (Toy reads הַרְבֵּה); חִרְבֵּה מְאֹד as predicate Gen 15:1 (J; Samaritan אַרְבֶּה), Eccl 11:8b Ps 130:7 (adverb Bae); (5) הַרְבֵּה as concrete noun (KöSynt.:§ 318 a) 2Sam 14; Jer 42:2 (בֶּה- van d. H.), with מִן compare, 2Chr 25:9; Jonah 4:11 as object (or adverb), opposed to מְעַט Hag 1:6; Hag 1:9; Eccl 5:11 late in adverb phrase (לְהַרְבֵּה (מְאֹדׅ) Neh 5:18; 2Chr 11:12; 2Chr 16:8 הַרְבּוֺת as noun Amos 4:9 (read probably הֶחֱרַבְתַּי We Now).
2. make great, object person 2Sam 22:36 = Ps 18:36 enlarge border 1Chr 4:10 perhaps also Job 34:37 make words great, presumptuous, against God (לְאֵל; so BuhlLex; most make many words, 1 c).

BDB7714 H7235

BDB7713 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7715

II. [רָבָה] verb shoot (compare II. רָבַב, I. רָמָה); — only Qal Participle רֹבֶה קַשָּׁ֑ת Gen 21:20 < רֹבֵה קָ֑שֶׁת, Kn Di and others, but read probably ׳דֹמֵה ק Ol Ball, one shooting the bow.

רַבָּה, רִבּוֺ(אׅ, רַבִּית, רְבִיבִים, see רבב.

BDB9883 H7236 H7235

BDB9882 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9884

רְבָה verb grow great (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew I. רבה); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ר Dan 4:8 +; 3 feminine singular רְבָת v.Dan 4:19 2 masculine singular רְבַיְתָ Kt ( > רְבַת Qr K§ 47, Beisp. 1)a)) v.Dan 4:19 — grow tall and large, of tree Dan 4:8; Dan 4:17 grow long, of hair v.Dan 4:30 figurative grow great, of king v.Dan 4:19, increase, of greatness v.Dan 4:19. Pa`el make great: Perfect 3 masculine singular רַבִּי Dan 2:48 with ל accusative of person

multiply, much, multiplied, many, increase, …
rābâ
to increase (in whatever respect)
  • be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
    • (Qal)
      • to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
        • "to be or grow great
      (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many"(Hiphil)
      • to make much, make many, have many
        • to multiply, increase
          • "to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly"to increase greatly or exceedingly
        to make great, enlarge, do much
    (Qal) to shoot

הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי
הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי
Root word awake, awaked, awaketh, wake, watcheth, …
Dictionary form: קוּץ · koots

Verb — Hiphil, Perfect (Qatal), first person singular causative — "he made (someone) do" completed action — try "he ___ed" or "he has ___ed" the built-in subject is "I"

In the KJV here: when i awake
awake ×5 awaked ×2 but he awaketh ×2 i awaked ×2 wake ×2 when i awake ×2 and awake ×1 arise ×1
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wake up — Most natural modern phrasing; broadly applicable.
awaken — Slightly more formal; suits poetic or elevated contexts.
rouse — Implies stirring from deep sleep or inactivity.
stir — Suggests gentle or gradual awakening; good for figurative use.
arise — Emphasizes purposeful movement after waking.
come alert — Captures watchful or vigilant sense of the root.

BDB7429 H6974

BDB7428 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7430

I. [קִיץ] verb Hiph`il awake (|| form of יקץ; Late Hebrew in Hiph`il (rare)); — Perfect 3 masculine singular הֵקִיץ 2Kgs 4:31; Ezek 7:6 2 masculine singular וַהֲקיצ֫וֺתָ consecutive Prov 6:22, etc.; Imperfect 1 singular אָקִיץ Prov 23:35 3 masculine plural יָקִ֫יצוּ Jer 51:39 +; Imperative masculine singular הָקִ֫יצָה Hab 2:19 +; masculine plural הָקִ֫יצוּ Isa 26:19; Joel 1:5 Infinitive construct הָקִיץ Ps 17:15; Ps 73:20 Participle מֵקִיץ 1Sam 26:12 — shew signs of waking, awake:

1. from sleep,
  a. 1Sam 26:12; Isa 29:8 (twice in verse); Ps 3:6; Ps 73:20; Ps 139:18; Prov 6:22 (doubtful line, see Toy).
  b. of ׳י Ps 44:24 awake [from sleep] to activity, so Ps 35:23 (with ל of thing), Ps 59:6 (c. infinitive purpose).
  c. from ecstatic sleep of prophets Jer 31:26.
2. from sleep of death, with negative 2Kgs 4:31; Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57; Job 14:12 of resurrection Isa 26:19; Dan 12:2
3. from stupor (of drunkenness) Joel 1:5; Prov 23:35.
4. of inanimate thing Hab 2:19 compare בָּא הַקֵּץ הֵקִיץ אֵלָ֑יִח Ezek 7:6 the end cometh, it hath awaked unto thee (Co strike out הֵקִיץ, but the word-play favours it). — Ps 17:15 is put by Thes Ol Hup Du and others below 1 a; Ew De Che below 2; we below 1 b; Calv Now from night of distress and helplessness, and so Bae (psalmist representing Israel).

awake, awaked, awaketh, wake, watcheth, …
qûṣ
to awake (literally or figuratively)
  • to awake, wake up
    • (Hiphil) to awaken, arouse, show signs of waking, awake

וְ עוֹדִ ֥י
וְ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
עוֹדִ
Adverb more, yet, again, still, else, …
֥י
Suffix — pronoun my / me
Dictionary form: עוֹד · ode

Adverb

In the KJV here: i am still with thee
more ×107 yet ×49 any more ×45 again ×25 was yet ×13 else ×8 still ×7 as yet ×6
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still — Best for ongoing states or conditions continuing into present.
yet — Suits contexts of expectation or something not yet done.
again — Use for repeated actions or returning to a prior state.
any longer — Ideal in negated clauses: 'no longer', 'not any longer'.
further — Good for continuation or addition, especially in discourse.
anymore — Informal; natural in negative or interrogative modern contexts.

BDB5855 H5750

BDB5854 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5856

עוֺד and (14 t.: FrMM 256) עֹד, substantive a going round, continuance, but used mostly as adverb accusative still, yet, again, besides: with suffix עוֺדֶנִּי (with apparently verbal form, like ׃אֵינֶנִּי Ol§ 222 g Sta§ 352 b Köii. 444, iii. 360 Ges«GKC:100»§ 100. 5), Deut 31:27; Josh 14:11; 1Sam 20:14, עוֺדִי Gen 48:15; Ps 104:33; Ps 139:18; Ps 146:2 עוֺדְךָ Gen 46:30 + 4 t., feminine עוֺדָךְ 1Kgs 1:14 עוֺדֶנּוּ Gen 18:22 + 20 t. (never עוֺדוֺ), עוֺדֶנָּה 1Kgs 1:22, עוֺדָהּ Isa 28:4 עוֺדָם Isa 4:18; Esth 6:14, 3 feminine plural עוֺדֶינָה Lam 4:17 Kt (Qr 1 plural עוֺדֵינוּ); there occur also עוֺד אֲנִי 2Sam 14:32; Dan 9:20; Dan 9:21, and עוֺד הֵם Isa 65:24: —

1. as adverb:
  a. (a) expressingcontinuance, persistence, usually of the past or present, still, yet, Gen 18:22 ואברהם עודנו עמֵד and A., he was still standing before ׳י (note often so עוֺדֶנּוּ after cas. pend., Gen 44:14; 1Sam 13:7; 1Kgs 12:2; Jer 33:1; 2Chr 34:3), 2Chr 29:7 הן עוד היום גדול the day is still high, 2Chr 31:14; 2Chr 43:7 הַעוֺד אֲבִיכֶם חַי, v2Chr 43:27; 2Chr 45:3; Exod 4:18; Exod 9:2; Num 19:13; Judg 6:24; Judg 8:20; 1Kgs 20:32 הַעוֺדֶנּוּ חַי 2Sam 14:32 (but Köiii. 558 עַד), 2Sam 18:14; Isa 5:25 ועור יָדוֺ נְטוּיָה; Isa 10:32 עוֺד הַיּוֺם בְּנֹב לַעֲמֹד still to-day (such is his haste) will he tarry in Nob; 1Kgs 22:44 עוד חעם מְזַכְּחִים the people were still sacrificing, etc. (so 2Kgs 12:4 +); 2Sam 1:9 כיכֿלעֿוד נפשׁי בי Job 27:3 (see כֹּל 1 f; Mic 6:10 (see הֲ 1 b end, and Ke; but also We Now); Lam 4:17 the suffix is anticipatory, either of eyes (Kt) or our (Qr ᵐ5), in poetry for כָּלוֺת עוֺד עֵינֵינוּ; but Dy Löhr al. read עַד מָה for ׳עַ Bi1 Wild simply עוֺד 2Chr 14:6 read either עוֺדֵנוּ (suffic 1 plural antic. of לפנינו), or עוֺד. Twice, peculiarly, עוֺד לֹא still not (German noch nicht) i.e. not yet (in class. Hebrew טֶרֶם), Jer 40:5 עוֺדֶנּוּ לא ישׁוב, 2Chr 20:23 ועוד העם לא הֵכִינוּ לבבם (the finite verb on accusative of לֹא). Sq. וְ Num 11:33 הבשׂר עודנו בין חרה בעם ׳שׁנּיהם ֗֗֗ ואף י the flesh was still between their teeth ..., and ( = when) etc., (compare Ps 78:30f.; Job 8:12); and often in the phrase (מְדַבְּרִים) מְדַבֵּר (׳עוֺדָם וגו) עוֺדֶנּוּ he (they, etc.) was (were) still speaking, and (= when) etc., Gen 29:9 עודנו מְדַבֵּר עמם ורחל באה, 1Kgs 1:22; 1Kgs 1:42; 2Kgs 6:33; Esth 6:14; Dan 9:20; Dan 9:21, so עוֺד זֶה ֗֗֗ Job 1:16; Job 1:17 (+ vJob 1:18 for עַד): and of the future, 1Kgs 1:14; Isa 65:24 עוֺד הֵם מְדַבְּרִים ואני אשִׁמע); compare Exod 9:17.
   (b) Expressing addition or repetition, still, yet, more, Gen 7:4 כי לימים עוד שׁבעה after yet seven days, Gen 8:10; Gen 8:12; Gen 29:27; Gen 29:30 עוד שׁבע שׁנים אחרות, Gen 45:6; 2Kgs 6:33; Isa 1:5; Hab 2:3 כִּי עוֺד חָזוֺן לַמּוֺעֵד (compare Dan 10:14; Dan 11:2; Dan 11:27; Dan 11:35), Jer 13:27 אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֺד after how long still ? with stress on the idea of continuance, Gen 46:29 וַיֵּבְךְ עַל צַוָּארָיו עוֺד still going on (AV. a good while), Ruth 1:14; Ps 84:5 עוד יהללוך they will be still praising thee, Job 34:23 with עוֺד prefixed for emphasis, Exod 11:1 ׳עוד נגע אחד אביא על פ, Isa 49:20; Isa 56:8 עוֺד ׳אֲקַבֵּץ וגו, Ezek 8:13; Ezek 8:15; Ps 42:6; Ps 92:15 +; in the phrase עוֺד מְעַט וְ followed by perfect consecutive, Exod 17:4 עוד מעט וּסְקָלֻנִי yet a little, and they will stone me, Hos 1:4; Jer 51:33, compare Ps 37:10; Isa 10:25; Isa 29:17 simil. Jonah 3:4 (compare בְּעוֺד Isa 21:16), 2Chr 10:5 (but see ᵐ5 and || 1Kgs 12:5); לא ֗֗֗ עוד no more, both of the past, as Exod 2:3; Josh 5:1; Josh 5:12; 1Kgs 10:5, and of the future, as Gen 17:5 ׳לא יִקָּרֵא עוד שׁמך א, Gen 32:29; Deut 31:2; Isa 2:4; Isa 30:20; Isa 62:4; Jer 3:16 + often, עוד ֗֗֗ לא Gen 8:22 so with אֵין Isa 23:10; Jer 10:20; Jer 48:2; Ps 74:9 al.
  b. When the continuance is limited by its nature to a single occurrence, עוֺד becomes = again, Gen 4:25; Gen 9:11 לא יִכָרֵת כל בשׂר עוד, Gen 18:29 וַיֹּסֶף עוֺד לְדַבֵּר and he added still to speak, i.e. he spake yet again (so often with יָסַף; see √), Gen 24:20 וַ֫תָּרָץ עוֺד and she ran again, Gen 29:33 וַתַּ֫הַר עוֺד, Gen 35:9; Gen 37:9; Exod 3:15; Exod 4:6; Deut 3:26; 1Sam 10:22 + often; with עוֺד prefixed, Hos 12:10; Jer 31:4; Jer 31:5; Jer 31:23; Jer 32:15; Jer 33:12; Jer 33:13 לא ֗֗֗ עוֺד not again, no more, Deut 13:17; Deut 34:10.
  c. Still, moreover, besides (not in temporal sense); Gen 19:12 עוֺד מי לך פה whom hast thou here besides ? Gen 43:6 הַעוֺד לָכֶם אָח Amos 6:10; 1Sam 10:22 הֲבָא עוֺד הֲלֹם אִישׁ is there still a man come hither ? (that is, besides ourselves: but ᵐ5 We and others הֲבָא הֲלֹם הָאִישׁ), 1Sam 16:11 עוֺד שָׁאַר הַקָּטָן, 1Sam 18:8 ועוד לו אך המלוכה, 1Kgs 22:7; 1Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 4:6 אֵין עוֺד כֶּ֑לִי, Isa 5:4; Jer 36:32; Ezek 20:27; Ezek 23:38; Ezek 36:37; Prov 9:9; Eccl 12:9; 1Chr 29:3; 2Chr 17:6 +; וְאֵין עוֺד and there is none besides, Deut 4:39 (compare vDeut 4:35), 1Kgs 8:60; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:6; Isa 45:14; Isa 45:18; Isa 45:22 (compare vIsa 45:21), Isa 46:9; Joel 2:27 אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֺד Isa 47:8; Isa 47:10; Zeph 2:15.
2. With prefixes: —
  a. בְּעוֺד, literally in the continuance of ..., i.e.
   (a) while yet: Gen 25:6 בְּעוֺדֶנּוּ חַי while he was yet alive, Deut 31:27; 2Sam 12:22 בְּעוֺד הַיֶּלֶד חַי, Isa 28:4; Ps 39:2; Job 29:5 בְּעוֺדִי alone, = so long as I live, Ps 104:33; Ps 146:22 (|| בְּחַיַּי); 2Sam 3:35 בעוד היום, Jer 15:9 בעוד יומם, Prov 31:15.
   (b) within yet, usually of time, Gen 40:13 ׳בְּעוֺד שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים יִשָּׂא וגו within yet three days, etc., vGen 40:19; Josh 1:11; Isa 7:8; Isa 21:16 בְּעוֺד שָׁנָה (followed by perfect cons.), Jer 28:3; Jer 28:11; Amos 4:7 but also of distance, Gen 48:7 בְּעוֺד כִּבְרַת ארץ לבוא אפרתה (compare Gen 35:16 ׳ויהי עוד וגו); compare SI2 ובעוד שׁלשׁ [נָּקֵב]אמה לה.
  b. מֵעוֺד, literally from the continuance of ..., only in the phrase (מֵעוֺדְךָ) מֵעוֺדִי עד היום הזה ever since I was (thou wast) unto this day, Gen 48:15; Num 22:30.

BDB9754 H5750 H5751

BDB9753 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9755

עוֺד adverb still (Biblical Hebrew; S-CK 13; ᵑ7Onk Jon; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic; Schulth143 f.), Dan 4:28 עוֺד מִלְּתָא בְּפֻם מַלְכָּא (compare Biblical Hebrew 1 a a).

more, yet, again, still, else, …
ʿôd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
  • (subst) a going round, continuance
    • "(adv) still, yet, again, besides
    • still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
      • "still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)"again"still, moreover, besides

עִמָּֽ ךְ
עִמָּֽ
Preposition with, from, against, unto, by, …
ךְ
Suffix — pronoun your / you (one woman)
Dictionary form: עִם · im

Preposition

with ×495 and with ×49 with thee ×37 with him ×33 from ×31 against ×29 unto ×28 by ×16
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with — Default choice; marks accompaniment or association.
alongside — Emphasizes proximity or side-by-side relationship.
together with — Stresses joint participation or inclusion.
among — Use when referencing a group or collective setting.
against — Use when the context implies opposition or conflict.
in the company of — More formal; highlights personal presence or fellowship.

BDB6145 H5973 H5978

BDB6144 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB6146

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, vDeut 32:14 vDeut 32:24 vDeut 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, vSong 4:14 vSong 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, vPs 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, vJob 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, vGen 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 ? vb 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, vGen 18:25; Job 3:14; Job 3:15; Isa 38:11; Ps 26:9 אל תאסף עם חטּאים נפשׁי, vb 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
2.). By a person, Deut 5:28 וְאַתָּה עֲמֹד פֹּה עמדי by me, 1Sam 1:26 הַנִּצֶּבֶת עִמְּכָה +; of one living near another, Exod 22:24; Lev 25:35; Lev 25:36; Lev 25:39; Lev 25:47.
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, vGen 29:25 עבדתי עמך I have served with thee (so vGen 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, vJob 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 vGen 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., v1Kgs 8:18 v1Kgs 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), vJob 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, v1Sam 20:9 v1Sam 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).

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עִמָּנוּאֵל proper name, masculine Immanuel (with us is God); — ׳י Isa 7:14 van d. H. Baer; עִמָּנוּ אֵל Gi; — name of child, symbolizing presence of ׳י to deliver his people (on interpret. see Commentaries) — עִמָּנוּ אֵל Isa 8:8; Isa 8:10 is declaration of trust and confidence, with us is God ! (compare Ps 46:8; Ps 46:12); see עִם.

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עִם22 preposition with (Biblical Hebrew עִם: so ᵑ7 Syriac () and general Aramaic); — suffix עִמִּי Dan 3:32, עִמָּךְ Ezra 7:13, עִמֵהּ Dan 2:22, עִמְּהוֺן Ezra 5:2 —

1. a. together with, Dan 2:18; Dan 2:43; Dan 7:13 עִםעֲֿנָנֵי שְׁמַיָּא, Ezra 5:2 +; whose dwelling, portion, etc., is with Dan 2:11; Dan 2:22; Dan 4:12; Dan 5:21.
  b. to speak with Dan 6:22, to make war with Dan 7:21 to do with ( = towards) Dan 3:32 דִּי עֲבַד עִמִּי (compare Ps 86:17), compare Ezra 6:8 שַׁוִּי עִם to make like to Dan 6:21.
2. of time, Dan 3:33 = Dan 4:31 עִםדָּֿר וְדָר (co-exists) with all generations (compare Biblical Hebrew 1 g); Dan 7:2 עִםלֵֿילְיָא during the night.

with, from, against, unto, by, …
ʿim
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
  • with
    • with
      • "against"toward"as long as"beside, except"in spite of

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.
אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם Dechi — a lesser break מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי Revia Mugrash — a lesser break וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ Silluq — end of the verse

אֶסְפְּרֵם מֵחוֹל יִרְבּוּן הֱקִיצֹתִי וְעוֹדִי עִמָּֽךְ׃
18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Cross References

Psalms 3:5

אֲנִי שָׁכַבְתִּי וָֽאִישָׁנָה הֱקִיצוֹתִי כִּי יְהוָה יִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃
5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Psalms 139:3

אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִיתָ וְֽכָל-דְּרָכַי הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃
3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Psalms 40:5

רַבּוֹת עָשִׂיתָ׀ אַתָּה׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי נִֽפְלְאֹתֶיךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ אֵלֵינוּ אֵין׀ עֲרֹךְ אֵלֶיךָ אַגִּידָה וַאֲדַבֵּרָה עָצְמוּ מִסַּפֵּֽר׃
5
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Psalms 16:8

שִׁוִּיתִי יְהוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד כִּי מִֽימִינִי בַּל-אֶמּֽוֹט׃
8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psalms 17:15

אֲנִי בְּצֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶה פָנֶיךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָה בְהָקִיץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃
15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Psalms 63:6

אִם-זְכַרְתִּיךָ עַל-יְצוּעָי בְּאַשְׁמֻרוֹת אֶהְגֶּה-בָּֽךְ׃
6
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

τοῦ ἀποθανόντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἵνα εἴτε γρηγορῶμεν εἴτε καθεύδωμεν ἅμα σὺν αὐτῷ ζήσωμεν
10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Daniel 12:2

וְרַבִּים מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַת-עָפָר יָקִיצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם וְאֵלֶּה לַחֲרָפוֹת לְדִרְאוֹן עוֹלָֽם׃
2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 26:19

יִֽחְיוּ מֵתֶיךָ נְבֵלָתִי יְקוּמוּן הָקִיצוּ וְרַנְּנוּ שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ וָאָרֶץ רְפָאִים תַּפִּֽיל׃
19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Psalms 40:12

כִּי אָפְפוּ-עָלַי׀ רָעוֹת עַד-אֵין מִסְפָּר הִשִּׂיגוּנִי עֲוֺנֹתַי וְלֹא-יָכֹלְתִּי לִרְאוֹת עָצְמוּ מִשַּֽׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי וְלִבִּי עֲזָבָֽנִי׃
12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 139:17
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Psalms 139:19