עָמַם

a.mam

to darken

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Strong’s H6004Verb3 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Ezekiel2

Lamentations1

Translated as

it is dimmed1

people hold dark from1

they eclipsed1

In the text

Lamentations 4:1יוּעַם
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
Ezekiel 28:3עֲמָמוּךָ
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[עָמַם] vb. darken, dim (NH id.; Arabic cover, veil, conceal; 𝔗 עֲמַם grow dark);—

Qal Pf. 3 pl. sf. עֲמָמֻהוּ 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).

Hoph. Impf. 3 ms. יוּעַם זָהָב La 4:1 (fig.) how is the gold dimmed! cf. Bu.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.