עֻמָּה
ʻummâh · H5980 · Hebrew · 32 occurrences
Meanings
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beside, near, parallel to, alongside of
State in which an object is located at the side of another object
ExamplesExodus 25:27 “The rings shall be close to the rim, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
Exodus 28:27 “And you shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
Exodus 37:14 Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table.
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alike, similarly to, just as, corresponding to
State in which one object or event is similar to another object or event
Examples1 Chronicles 24:31 These also cast lots just as their relatives, the sons of Aaron did in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households as well as those of his younger brother.
1 Chronicles 25:8 They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
1 Chronicles 26:12 To these divisions of the gatekeepers, to the chief men, were given duties like their relatives, to serve in the house of the LORD.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
30 occurrences in 17 groups
- הֶםthem 5
- אָחbrother 3
- תְּרוּמָהcontribution, offering 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- אוֹפָןwheel 2
- אָבfather 1
- לֵוִיִּיLevite 1
- מִשְׁמָרguard, custody 1
- אֹרֶךְlength 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
30 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 45
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Space002002001017
- עֻמָּה describes spatial proximity, "beside/close to," as in Exodus 25:27's rings placed "close to the rim" and Exodus 37:14's rings "close by the rim."
- Compare002004002003
- The word also carries a "corresponding to" sense, as in Exodus 38:18's curtain measurements "corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard."
- Names of Locations003001010
- This lexeme functions as a spatial preposition meaning "opposite, alongside, corresponding to" throughout its tagged occurrences (e.g. Exodus 25:27, of rings positioned "close to the rim"; 1 Chronicles 24:31, of priestly divisions "corresponding to" their brothers), never itself naming a place; this Names of Locations domain code is bundle-shared from this lexeme's use inside place-name-adjacent architectural and genealogical contexts and carries no tagged occurrence of עֻמָּה (ʻummâh, H5980) independently attesting a place-name sense of its own.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5980. ummah I. [עֻמָּה] noun feminine juxtaposition, but only in stative construct with…
I. [עֻמָּה] noun feminine juxtaposition, but only in stative construct with force a
preposition close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to; — stative with עֻמַּת, except Ecc 5:15 always with לְ, suffix לְעֻמָּתוֺ, once plural construct לְעֻמּוֺת Eze 45:7; —
a. close by, side by side with: Exo 25:27 (Exo 37:14), Exo 28:27 (Exo 39:20), Lev 3:9 יְסִירֶנָּה הֻעָצֶה לְעֻמַּת shall take it away close by the backbone; especially of what is parallel, Eze 42:7 the wall alongside of the chambers; of the contiguous portions in Ezekiel's division of the land, alongside of each other, Eze 45:6-7, Eze 48:13, Eze 48:18 (twice in verse); Eze 48:21; of movement in parallel lines, 2Sa 16:13 Shimei was going along לְעֻמָּתוֺ parallel with him, 2Sa 16:13; Eze 1:20 לְעֻמָּתָם יִנָָּֽשְׂאוּ וְהָאוֺפַנִּים, Eze 1:21; Eze 3:13; Eze 10:19; Eze 11:22; Eze 3:8 מְּנֵיהֶם לְעֻמַּת חֲזָקִים פָנֶיךָ נָתַתִּי by the side of their face (which, as antagonism is implied, = against, RV), Eze 3:8.
b. agreeing with, corresponding to (a common result of juxtaposition), Exo 38:18 a screen five cubits high החצר קלעי לעמת agreeing with (RV answerable unto) the hangings of the court (in height), Eze 40:18; probably also 1Ch 26:16; Neh 12:24 ל ׳מִשְׁמָר מִשְׁמָר ward corresponding to ward.
c. correspondingly to, 1Ch 24:31 they also cast lots אֲחֵיהֶם לְעֻמַּת correspondingly to their brethren, vb the head, correspondinly to his younger brother, 1Ch 26:12 to these . . . belonged charges correspondingly to (in common with) their brethren. **Ecc 7:14 side by side with, as well as.
d. before a sentence (Ges§ 155n), 1Ch 25:8 (strangely) כַּגָּדוֺל כַּקָּטֹן לְעֻמַּת (see Ke) correspondingly to (the principle) of as the small so the great; Ecc 5:15 שֶׁכָּא כָּלעֻֿמַּת quite exactly as he came, so shall he go (but LambertRŠJ xxxi. 47, RahlfsTh. Lt. -z. 1896, 587 כִּלְעֻמַּת).
e. מִלְּעֻמַּת (see מִן
1c, 9 a) 1Ki 7:20 close beside.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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