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# עָמַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6004

**darken** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָמַם²: vb. darken, dim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6004/#m2)

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it is dimmed (1); people (1).

## In the verses

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

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!

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6004.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6004/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).