equiv. of
תַּחְתָּם
),
8:7
(no
vb.
);
c.
עָמַד
2 Ch 30:1
6;
35:10
,
ע׳ עַל־עָמְדֹו
34:3
1;
וָאַעֲמִדֵם עַל־עָמְדָם
Ne 13:1
1, so
עַל־עָמְדִי
Dn 8:18
;
וַיָּבֹא אֵצֶל עָמְדִי
v
1
7;
עֲמֹד עַל־עָמְדֶ˜ךָ
10:1
1.
•
[
עֶמְדָּה
S
5979
TWOT
1637b
GK
6644
]
n.f.
standing-ground
;—
sf.
מִכֶּם עֶמְדָּתֹו יִקַּח
Mi 1:1
1; text
dub. v. No
w.
עַמּוּד
S
5982
TWOT
1637c
GK
6647
,
עַמֻּד
110
n.m.
1 K 7:15
pillar, column
;—
עַמּוּד
abs.
1 K 7:15
+,
cstr.
Ex 13:21
+;
עַמֻּד
abs.
Je 52:2
1,
cstr.
Nu 14:1
4;
sf.
עַמּוּדֹו
2 Ch 23:1
3;
pl.
עַמּוּדִים
1 K 7:16
+, less often
עַמֻּ׳
v
21
+;
cstr.
עַמּוּדֵי
Ex 26:32
+
less often
עַמֻּ׳
38:17
+;
sf.
עַמּוּדָיו
Ex 36:38
+,
עַמֻּדָיו
27:10
+, etc.;—
1.
pillar
, supporting house
Ju 16:25
,
26
,
29
;
pillars
in tabern.
Ex 27:10
,
11
,
17
;
36:38 Nu 3:37
+
27 times Ex Nu (
P
),
+
עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים
pillars of acacia
wood
Ex 26:32
,
37
;
36:36
;
pillars
in Sol.’s palace
1 K 7:2
,
3
,
6
,
אוּלָם הָע׳
v
6,
עַמּוּדֵי אֲרָזִים
v
2
pillars of cedar
(
P
); in Ezek.’s temple
Ez 42:6
(×2);
ע׳ שֵׁשׁ
Est 1:6
(in palace),
Ct 5:15
(
sim.
).
2.
two bronze pillars—
1 K 7:15 2 K 25:13
=
Je 52:1
7—before temple
1 K 7:15
(×2) +
14 times
1 K 7
,
+
2 K 25:1
6,
17
(×2) =
Je 52:2
0,
21
(×2),
Je 27:19 1 Ch 18:8 2 Ch 3:1
5,
16
,
17
+
4 times
2 Ch 4
; perhaps one was
הָע׳
by which king stood in temple
2 K 11:14
=
2 Ch 23:1
3,
2 K 23:3
;
>
ע׳
here
=
standing-place platform
Thes
al.
; two pillars bef. Ezek.’s temple
Ez 40:49
.
3.
columns, uprights
, of silver
Ct 3:10
(litter).
4.
ע׳ עָשָׁן
Ju 20:40
column of smoke:
ע׳ (הֶ)עָנָן
Ex 13:2
1,
22
(
J
)
+
6 times JE, hence
Ne 9:12
,
19
ψ 99:7
;
||
ע׳ (הָ)אֵשׁ
Ex 13:2
1,
22
(
J
),
Nu 14:14
(JE),
Ne 9:12
,
19
;
ע׳ אֵשׁ וְעָנָן
Ex 14:24
(
J
), all of the
theoph
at time of Exodus.
5.
a.
ע׳ בַּרְזֶל
Je 1:18
(
fig.
of proph.).
b.
poet. of pillars of earth
Jb 9:5
ψ 75:4
, of heaven
Jb 26:11
.
c.
of wisdom’s house
Pr 9:1
.
• [ מַעֲמָד S 4612 TWOT 1637d GK 5096 ] n. [ m. ] office, function, service ;— 1. station, office, post מַעֲמָֽדְךָ Is 22:19 ( || מַצָּֽבְךָ ), עַל־מַעֲמָדָם 2 Ch 35:15 at their post . 2. office, function 1 Ch 23:2 8. 3. service , prob. specif. waiting at table (strictly mode of standing ), cstr. מַעֲמַד מְשָֽׁרְתָיו 1 K 10:5 = 2 Ch 9: 4.
Now W. Nowack. theoph Theophrastus.