Lexical Definition

‎פַּעַם‎ paʻam (pah'-am) beat ^H:N-F
or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה paʻămâh (pah-amaw'); from ‎פָּעַם‎

anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.

• a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence
1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep
1b) anvil
1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat
1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another

See Greek: ἅπαξ · ἐξίστημι · ἴχνος · καιρός · κινέω · μέρος · νῦν · πούς · ταράσσω · χρόνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּ֫עַם‎₁₁₈ noun feminine^{Exod 8:28*} (masculine only Judg 16:23 [text suspicious, see GFM Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 76} Kö^{synt. § 248m}], 2Sam 23:8 [Qr](/btb/not_created.html) feminine], 1Kgs 7:30 [corrupt, see below]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 2:23 +; ‎פָּ֑עַם‎ Gen 46:30 +; dual ‎פַּעֲמַיִם‎ Gen 27:36 +, etc.; plural ‎פְּעָמִים‎ Gen 33:3 +; also (concrete) construct ‎פַּעֲמֵי‎ Judg 5:28 +; suffix ‎פְּעָמַי‎ Ps 57:7*; Ps 119:133, etc.; ‎פַּעֲמֹתָיו‎ (only 1 c) Exod 25:12 + 2 t.; —

1. a. in poetry, hoof-beat Judg 5:28 late, of human footfall, footstep, figurative Ps 17:5 (|| ‎אֲשׁוּרַי‎), Ps 119:113 ‎וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו‎ Ps 85:14*.
b. foot, figurative, Ps 57:7*; Ps 58:11*; Ps 74:3; Ps 140:5*; Prov 29:5 literal Isa 26:6 (|| ‎רֶגֶל‎), Song 7:2* ‎׳‎‎בְּכַף פ‎ 2Kgs 19:24 = Isa 37:25.
c. foot, of ark Exod 25:12; Exod 37:3 (P). — ‎פַּעֲמֹתָיו‎ 1Kgs 7:30 read ‎פִּנּוֺתָיו‎ (compare v1Kgs 7:34).

2. = anvil (struck by hammer) Isa 41:7.

3. occurrence, time (originally stroke, beat):
a. ‎אֶחָ֑ת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ [‎אַחַת‎] one time, once Josh 6:3; Josh 6:11; Josh 6:14 (JE), Josh 10:42 (D) + 3 t. +2Sam 23:8 Qr (>Kt ‎אחד‎); ‎פַּעֲמָ֑יִם‎ twice Gen 41:32 + 6 t.; ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Nah 1:9 second time; ‎׳‎‎אַרְבַּע פ‎ Neh 6:4 four times; ‎׳‎‎חָמֵשׁ אוֺ שֵׁשׁ פ‎ 2Kgs 13:19, compare ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎חֲמִישִׁית‎ Neh 6:5 also with ‎שָׁלשׁ‎, ‎שֶׁבַע‎, q. v.; ‎׳‎‎עֶשֶׂר פ‎ (‎וֶה‎) Num 14:22 (JE) Neh 4:6*; Job 19:3, all indefinite = over and over; indefinite also ‎פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם‎ Neh 13:20 once and [i.e. or] twice; ‎פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֺשׁ‎ Job 33:29 twice (or) thrice; ‎מֵאָה פְעָמִים‎ 2Sam 24:3 = 1Chr 21:3, ‎׳‎‎אֶלֶף פ‎ Deut 1:11 ‎רַבּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Ps 106:43; Eccl 7:22 ‎עַדכַּֿמֶּה פְעָמִים‎ 1Kgs 22:16 = 2Chr 18:15.
b. ‎כְּפַעַםבְּֿפַעַם‎ as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Num 24:1 (E) Judg 16:20; Judg 20:30; Judg 20:31; 1Sam 3:10 (compare Dr) 1Sam 20:25.
c. ‎הַוּאֹת (גַּם) בַּפַּעַם‎ at this repetition (this time) also Exod 8:28*; Exod 9:14 (J) + 3 t.; ‎הַהִוא‎ ‎׳‎‎גַּם בַּפּ‎ Deut 9:19; Deut 10:10.
d. ‎הַפַּעַם‎ (Hexateuch only J): (1) = this once Gen 18:32, ‎׳‎‎אַךְ הַפּ‎ Exod 10:17; Judg 6:39, ‎׳‎‎רַקהַֿפּ‎ vJudg 6:39, ‎הַזֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎אַךְ הַפּ‎ Judg 16:28 (‎הַזֶּה‎ dubious, see above); (2) = now at lenth Gen 2:23; Gen 29:34; Gen 29:35; Gen 30:20; Gen 46:30; Judg 15:3; Judg 16:18, compare also Exod 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned.
e. ‎פַּעַם ֗֗֗ פָּ֑עַם‎ Prov 7:12 now ... now, at one time ... at another.

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