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# פַּעַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6471

**beat** — used 118 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

beat [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6471/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פַּ֫עַם: n.f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6471/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ex 8:28 (masc. only Ju 16:23 \[text suspicious, v. GFM AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76 KöSynt. § 248 m\], 2 S 23:8 \[1 K 7:30 \[crpt., v. infr.\]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence;—abs. פ׳ Gn 2:23 +; פָּ֑עַם 46:30 +; du. פַּעֲמַיִם Gn 27:36 +, etc.; pl. פְּעָמִים 33:3 +; also (concr.) cstr. פַּעֲמֵי Ju 5:28 +; sf. פְּעָמַי ψ 57:7; 119:133, etc.; פַּעֲמֹתָיו (only 1 c) Ex 25:12 + 2 times;— poet., hoof-beat Ju 5:28; late, of human footfall, footstep, fig. ψ 17:5 (‖ אֲשׁוּרַי), 119:133; וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו 85:14. foot, fig., 57:7; 58:11; 74:3; 140:5 Pr 29:5; lit. Is 26:6 (‖ רֶגֶל), Ct 7:2; בְּכַף פ׳ 2 K 19:24 = Is 37:25. foot, of ark Ex 25:12; 37:3 (P).—פַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 K 7:30 read פִּנּוֹתָיו (cf. v 34). = anvil (struck by hammer) Is 41:7. occurrence (orig. stroke): הַפַּעַם now Ju 16:18; פ׳ אֶחָ֑ת \[אַחַת\] one time, once Jos 6:3, 11, 14 (JE), 10:42 (D) + 3 times + 2 S 23:8 Qr (\> Kt אחד); פַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice Gn 41:32 + 6 times; פ׳ Na 1:9 second time; אַרְבַּע פ׳ Ne 6:4 four times; חָמֵשׁ אוֹ שֵׁשׁ פ׳ 2 K 13:19, cf. פ׳ חֲמִישִׁית Ne 6:5; also c. שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁבַע, q.v.; עֶשֶׂר פ׳ (זֶה) Nu 14:22 (JE) Ne 4:6; Jb 19:3, all indef. = over and over; indef. also פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Ne 13:20 once and \[i.e. or\] twice; פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ Jb 33:29 twice (or) thrice; מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 S 24:3 = 1 Ch 21:3, אֶלֶף פ׳ Dt 1:11; פ׳ רַבּוֹת ψ 106:43 Ec 7:22; עַד־כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים 1 K 22:16 = 2 Ch 18:15. כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Nu 24:1 (E) Ju 16:20; 20:30, 31; 1 S 3:10 (cf. Dr) 20:25. הַזֹּאת (גַּם) כַּפַּעַם at this repetition (this time) also Ex 8:28; 9:14 (J) + 3 times; גַּם בַּפּ׳ הַהִוא Dt 9:19; 10:10. הַפַּעַם (Hex only J): (1) = this once Gn 18:32, אַךְ הַפּ׳ Ex 10:17; Ju 6:39, רַק־הַפּ׳ v 39, אַךְ הַפּ׳ הַזֶּה 16:28 (הַזֶּה dub., v. supr.); (2) = now at length Gn 2:23; 29:34, 35; 30:20; 46:30; Ju 15:3; 16:18, cf. also Ex 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned. פַּעַם … פָּ֑עַם Pr 7:12 now … now, at one time … at another.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 64 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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: times (47); time (34); a time (11).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 26:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.6/#tree)

תִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּה רָ֑גֶל רַגְלֵ֥י עָנִ֖י פַּעֲמֵ֥י דַלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* it will.trample.it a.foot \[the\].feet of.\[the\].afflicted \[the\].footsteps of.poor.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

[Genesis 43:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.10/#tree)

כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) if.not we.had.delayed (dm) now we.have.returned this two.times

*JPS 1917:* For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6471.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6471/): 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).