תּוֹמֵךְ Am 1: 5, 8 , תּוֹמִיךְ ψ 16:5 (? read -מֵיךְ Ges § 50 e , or תֹּמֵךְ ^{, cf.} Vrss D u; >

Ol תּוֹסִיף ^{, Bi} Che תָּמִיד ), etc.;— 1. grasp, lay hold of , c. acc. rei Gn 48:17 ( E ), Pr

31:19 ( || שׁלּח יד בְּ ^); acc. pers. (wisdom) Pr 3:18 ( || מַחֲזִיק ^{); acc. rei} (grasp and) wield Am 1: 5, 8 ; ψ 16:5 ( v. supr .) thou dost grasp my lot (i.e. take and cast it for me,

cf. mod. Pal. بجَرَلي اللﻩ يَقُوم ( bjaraly ˒llh yaqūm ) may Allah uphold my lot , Bergheim ^PEF 1894, 194 ); fig. , Jb 36:17 judgment and justice seize (thee; but v. obscure

and doubtful); Pr 5:5 her steps lay hold of She˒ôl (keep the path to it); lit. c. ב ^{rei Is}

33:15 , ב pers. Pr 28:17 (or sub 3 ; meaning dub. ); lay hold of, attain , honour, wealth

( acc. ) Pr 11:16 ^(×2). 2. hold up, support , c. בְּיָדָיו Ex 17:12 ( E ); fig. , ב pers. Is 42:1 ψ

41:13 ; 63:9 ; acc. pers. Is 41:10 ( ב instr.), Pr 29:23 ( opp. הִשְׁפִּיל ^). 3. hold, keep , c.

acc. rei Pr 4:4 let thy heart keep my words ( || שָׁמַר ^); hold firmly ψ 17:5 ( ב loc .; opp.

נָמוֹטוּ ^{). Niph.} Impf. וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָאתוֹ יִתָּמֵ֑ךְ Pr 5:22 in the cords of his sin is

he seized ( || לָכַד ^).

• תְּמוֹל S 8543 TWOT 2521 GK 9453 ( תְּמֹל ^)23, אֶתְמוֹל ^5, אִתְּמוֹל • 1 S 10:1 1, אֶתְמוּל •Is 30:33 Mi 2:8 ( v. inf .), subst. , used sometimes as adv.acc. ,

yesterday , fig. recently, formerly ( Aramaic אִתְּמָלֵי ^, תְּמָלֵי , sometimes אִתְּמוֹל ^{, (tmol,˒etmol, ˒etmoly);}

Mand. עתמאל Nö M 202 ; Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜ ^(təmālm) Assyrian timâli, itimâli, ina timâli ( Dl ^{158, 721}); der. dub. ; according to Me ^Gr Syriac 118 Kö ^{ii 264 f.} from Arabic

مَلَا ( malā ) ^II. prolongavit , ^IV. longam vitam concessit , مَلًا ( malan ) tempus ,

المَلَوَانِ ( ˒l-malawāni ) the two times , i.e. night and day, in form an inf. of ^VI.

تَمَالٍ ( tamālin ); hence proposes long time , (past) time , specialized to yesterday ) ;— yesterday , but usually fig. = recently or formerly: 1. 2 S 15:20

Vrss Old Versions. > indicates that the preceding is to be preferred to the following. Ol J. Olshausen.

Bi G. Bickell. subst. substantive. adv. adverb. Mand. Mandean. Nö T. Nöldeke, Mandäische Grammatik . Dl Friedrich Delitzsch.

Me A. Merx. Kö E. König, Heb. Gram.