עמם (ˊmm) — to grow dim / to grow dull / to compare with

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: עַם · עֻמָּה

Sense 1: to grow dim, to grow dull

Semantic domains: Dark (002001001018)

Core domains: Light and Darkness (100)

Definition: = process by which an object loses its ability to reflect light

Forms: vbhof-

Valencies: v

Synonyms: שׁנא

Show passage in OET: LAM 4:1

OET-RV LAM 4:1

4 Wow, how the gold is tarnished—the pure gold has changed.
⇔ The holy stones are scattered on the corners of every street.

OET-LV LAM 4:1

4 How gold it _is _dimmed the_gold (the)_pure it _is _changed stones _of holiness they _lie _scattered at_the_head _of all _of the_streets.

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Sense 2: to compare with, to rival

Semantic domains: Good (002001001028)

Core domains: Quality (137); Status (170)

Definition: = state in which human or objects are comparable in quality and/or status to other humans or objects

Forms: vbqal-

Valencies: v X

Synonyms: דמה

Show passage in OET: EZE 28:3

OET-RV EZE 28:3

3 Listen, you king of Tsor, are you wiser than Daniyel was? Are there any secrets that you don’t already know?

OET-LV EZE 28:3

3 THERE are_wise you mmm all _of that _which _is_kept _secret not people_hold _dark _from _you.

Show passage in OET: EZE 31:8

OET-RV EZE 31:8

8 Cedar trees in God’s garden couldn’t equal it. None of the cypress trees matched its branches, nor could its branches be equalled by the plane tree. There was no other tree in God’s garden that could compare to its beauty.

OET-LV EZE 31:8

8 Cedars not they_eclipsed _it in_the _garden _of god fir _trees not they _were _like (to) boughs _of_its and_plane _trees not they _were like_branches _of_its every _of tree in_the _garden _of god not it _was _like to_him/it in_beauty _of_its.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עמם

Form 1

Sense 1: to grow dim, to grow dull

Sense 2: to compare with, to rival