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Jeremiah 40:11

“Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גַּםgam · gam
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
  • גַ֣ם — particle (affirmation)
Code HC/Ta
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.

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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.