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2 Chronicles 17:8
“And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5973 · Hebrew
- Definition
- adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- Derivation
- from H6004 (עָמַם);
- KJV renderings
- accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עִמָּ — preposition
- הֶ֣ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 1,049 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:6Genesis 13:1Genesis 13:14Genesis 18:16Genesis 18:23
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 עִם 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.