עָמַם
ʻâmam · aw-mam'
to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together)
- to associate
- by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: become dim, hide.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- become dim1 · 33%
- that they can hide1 · 33%
- could not hide1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.