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1 Kings 1:47
“And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1571 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- Derivation
- by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;
- KJV renderings
- again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- גַם — particle (affirmation)
- Usage
- Occurs 769 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:22Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:22Genesis 4:26
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גַּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.