עָמַד 520 take one's stand, stand (Late Hebrew
id.; Phoenician
עמד; Assyrian
emêdu,
stand, set up; Arabic
prop up, support, and derivatives; Ethiopic
pillar;
עַמּוּדָא pillar, Syriac
, Palmyrene
עמודא, compare also proper name
תימעמד; Sabean
עמד pillar, according to CIS
iv. 91 (or other derivatives from √
עמד DHM
ZMG xxxvii (1883), 5), plural
אעמדן pillars DHM
Epigr. Denkm. sus Abess. 80); —
Qal435 Perfect ע׳ Genesis 19:27 +,
3rd person feminine singular עָֽמְדָה 2 Kings 13:6 +, etc.;
Imperfect יַעֲמֹד Exodus 21:21,
יַעֲמוֺד Nahum 1:6 +,
יַעֲמָדֿ 1 Samuel 16:22 +;
1st person singular אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Habakkuk 2:1,
וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 Samuel 1:10;
3rd person masculine plural יַעַמְדוּ Jeremiah 32:14 +,
יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 1:21 +,
2nd person masculine plural וַתַּעַמְדוּן Deuteronomy 4:11, etc.;
Imperative עֲמֹד 1 Samuel 9:27 +,
עֲמָדֿ 2 Samuel 1:9;
feminine singular עִמְדִי Isaiah 47:12;
Jeremiah 48:19, etc.;
Infinitive absolute עָמֹד Esther 9:16;
construct עֲמֹד Exodus 18:23 +, suffix
עָמְדִי Jeremiah 18:20,
עֲמָדְךָ Obadiah 11, etc.;
Participle עֹמֵד Isaiah 3:13 +, feminine
עֹמֶ֫דֶת Haggai 2:5 +, etc.; —
1.
a. take one's stand, and (especially participle)
stand, be in a standing attitude: with
עַל by,
1 Samuel 26:13;
2 Samuel 2:25;
2 Kings 2:7 +, so participle
Genesis 18:8 (J),
Genesis 41:1,
17 (E) +,
עַל on,
Exodus 3:5 (E),
Deuteronomy 27:12 +; with
ב location
Exodus 32:26;
Numbers 22:24,
26 (all J E), +; with
אֶל location
1 Kings 20:38 (+
לְ person),
Jeremiah 48:19;
Ezekiel 21:26;
Ezekiel 27:29; with
אֶל person
1 Samuel 17:51;
2 Kings 5:25; with
אֵצֶל Genesis 41:3 (E),
Ezekiel 9:2;
Ezekiel 10:6;
Nehemiah 8:4; with
לִפְנֵי Genesis 18:22;
1 Kings 3:16;
1 Kings 8:22 +; before
י׳, for intercession
Genesis 19:27 (J),
Deuteronomy 4:10;
Jeremiah 15:1;
Jeremiah 18:20, etc.;
take one's stand and do a thing
1 Samuel 17:8;
1 Kings 8:55;
2 Kings 18:28 =
Isaiah 36:13 +; followed by infinitive
1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14 +.
h. stand (appealingly)
Job 30:20 (but read
עָמַדְתָּ, of God, Me Hi Du).
j. stand, of water,
עַלהָֿרִים Psalm 104:6. See also prepositions
אֶל,
אֵצֶל,
עַל,
מִמַּעַל,
עִם, etc.
2.
a. stand still, stop, cease moving, of moon
Joshua 10:13 (J E; ||
וַיִּדֹּם), sun
Joshua 10:13, both,
Habakkuk 3:11; of person
1 Samuel 9:27 (opposed to
עָבַר),
2 Samuel 2:28 (opposed to
רָדַף),
עִמְדוּ עֲמֹ֫דוּ Nahum 2:9 +;
stop flowing (of oil)
2 Kings 4:6;
remain standing, with
תַּחְתֵּינוּ Judges 7:21;
1 Samuel 14:9 etc.; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged
Leviticus 13:23,
28; so (without
ת׳)
Leviticus 13:5,
37 (all P).
3.
5. stand upright:
† 6.
7. rare usages are:
g. grow flat, insipid (Gie), taste of wine
Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative of Moab), or
remain unchanged (so most, in that case compare
3b). —
עָמְדִי Daniel 11:1b is corrupt, read probably
עָמַדְתִּי, or
עָמַד (
מִיכָאֵל subject), join then to
Daniel 10:21 and strike out
Daniel 11:1a; so Bev Behrm Marti
Kau.
Hiph.83 (compare Dr
Intr. (6) 535)
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱמִיד 1 Kings 12:32 +,
2nd person masculine singular הֶעֱמַדְתָּה Psalm 30:8,
וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Numbers 3:6 +, etc.,
Imperfect יַעֲמִיד Proverbs 29:4 +,
וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 Kings 8:1 +;
3rd person feminine singular suffix
וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי Ezekiel 2:2;
Ezekiel 3:24,
1st person plural וַנַּעֲמִיד Nehemiah 4:3, etc.;
Imperative הַעֲמֵד Isaiah 21:6; suffix
הַעֲמִידֶהָ Ezekiel 24:11;
Infinitive absolute הַעֲמֵיד Nehemiah 7:3;
construct הַעֲמִיד 1 Kings 15:4 +;
Participle מַעֲמִיד 2 Chronicles 18:34 (but see
Hoph.): —
6. other meanings:
b. with accusative
רַגְלַי +
ב location
Psalm 31:9 (figurative).
†
Hoph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעֳמַדֿ Leviticus 16:10 be presented (of goat), +
לִפְנֵי י׳;
Participle הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 Kings 22:35 he was caused to stand, i.e. propped up, in (
ב) his chariot, so read also ||
2 Chronicles 18:34 (as
), for MT
מַעֲמִיד. — On
Perfect הָעֳמַדְתִּי see
עֹז Psalm 30:8.
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