Strong's Lexicon

H5980

H5980 — עוּמָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewummahnoun femOccurrences: 32TWOT: 1640f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5980
Word:עוּמָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H6004
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:32
Transliteration:ummah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`ummah (oom-maw') n-f.
Meaning:1. conjunction, i.e. society 2. mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
KJV Renderings:(over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.

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BDB6148

I. [עֻמָּה] noun feminine juxtaposition, but only in status construct with force of a preposition close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to; — status construct עֻמַּת, except Eccl 5:15 always with לְ, suffix לְעֻמָּתוֺ, once plural construct לְעֻמּוֺת Ezek 45:7 —

a. close by, side by side with: Exod 25:27 (Exod 37:14 ), Exod 28:27 (Exod 39:20), Lev 3:9 לְעֻמַּת הֻעָצֶה יְסִירֶנָּה shall take it away close by the backbone; especially of what is parallel, Ezek 42:7 the wall alongside of the chambers; of the contiguous portions in Ezekiel's division of the land, alongside of each other, Ezek 45:6 ; Ezek 45:7 ; Ezek 48:13; Ezek 48:18 (twice in verse); Ezek 48:21 of movement in parallel lines, 2Sam 16:13 Shimei was going along לְעֻמָּתוֺ parallel with him, 2Sam 16:13; Ezek 1:20 וְהָאוֺפַנִּים יִנָָּֽשְׂאוּ לְעֻמָּתָם, Ezek 1:21; Ezek 3:13; Ezek 10:19; Ezek 11:22; Ezek 3:8 נָתַתִּי פָנֶיךָ חֲזָקִים לְעֻמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם by the side of their face (which, as antagonism is implied, = against , RV ), Ezek 3:8 .
b. agreeing with, corresponding to (a common result of juxtaposition), Exod 38:18 a screen five cubits high לעמת קלעי החצר agreeing with ( RV answerable unto) the hangings of the court (in height), Ezek 40:18 probably also 1Chr 26:16 ; Neh 12:24 מִשְׁמָר ׳ מִשְׁמָר ל ward corresponding to ward.
c. correspondingly to, 1Chr 24:31 they also cast lots לְעֻמַּת אֲחֵיהֶם correspondingly to their brethren, vb the head, correspondinly to his younger brother, 1Chr 26:12 to these . . . belonged charges correspondingly to (in common with) their brethren.
Eccl 7:14 side by side with, as well as.
d. before a sentence ( Ges«GKC:155n»§ 155n), 1Chr 25:8 (strangely) לְעֻמַּת כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֺל (see Ke ) correspondingly to (the principle) of as the small so the great; Eccl 5:15 כָּלעֻֿמַּת שֶׁכָּא quite exactly as he came, so shall he go (but LambertRŠJ xxxi. 47, RahlfsTh. Lt. -z. 1896, 587 כִּלְעֻמַּת).
e. מִלְּעֻמַּת (see מִן 1.c., 9.a) 1Kgs 7:20 close beside.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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