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Nehemiah 5:13
“Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.” (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
- גַּם — 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.