פָּעַם
pâʻam · paw-am'
to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate
- to tap, i.e. beat regularly
- hence, (generally) to impel or agitate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: move, trouble.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To speak, the word that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּעַם 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was troubled3 · 60%
- to move him at times1 · 20%
- i am so troubled1 · 20%
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.