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עִם

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)

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עִם H5973
Pronunciation ʿim

What does עִם (ʿim) mean in the Bible?

עִם (ʿim): Expresses relational presence and association; foundational for covenant language denoting standing-with or togetherness with God.

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Questions this entry answers

What does עִם (ʿim) mean in the Bible?

עִם (ʿim): Expresses relational presence and association; foundational for covenant language denoting standing-with or togetherness with God.

How does the BSB render H5973?

The BSB source-word alignment has 1,049 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include with (239), with you (82), . . . (81), with him (58), against (39).

Where does עִם (ʿim) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 3:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (115), 1 Samuel (88), Genesis (83), 2 Samuel (76).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
with 239× Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 22:5
with you 82× Genesis 26:28, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 31:3, Genesis 33:15
. . . 81× Genesis 13:14, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12
with him 58× Genesis 13:1, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35
against 39× Deuteronomy 9:7, Deuteronomy 9:24, Deuteronomy 20:4, Deuteronomy 31:27
to 35× Genesis 24:12, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 44:32, Exodus 20:22
with me 25× Genesis 39:7, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:14, Exodus 33:12
- 22× Leviticus 25:41, Leviticus 25:47, Leviticus 25:50, Deuteronomy 23:16
from 21× Genesis 24:27, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 48:12, Exodus 9:33
and 20× Genesis 19:30, Genesis 21:23, Deuteronomy 32:25, 1 Samuel 17:42
with them 18× Genesis 18:16, Genesis 29:9, Numbers 22:12, Deuteronomy 29:25
with us 18× Exodus 10:26, Exodus 33:16, Numbers 10:32, Numbers 22:14
and with him 16× 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:15, 2 Chronicles 17:16, 2 Chronicles 17:17
in 15× Deuteronomy 8:5, Deuteronomy 15:9, 1 Kings 8:17, 1 Kings 8:18
along with 12× Joshua 11:21, 2 Samuel 8:11, 1 Chronicles 18:11, 1 Chronicles 28:1
among you 12× Genesis 23:4, Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:35, Leviticus 25:36
by 11× Genesis 41:32, Judges 9:16, 2 Samuel 6:22, 2 Samuel 24:16
with her 11× Genesis 30:16, Exodus 22:16, Deuteronomy 22:23, Deuteronomy 22:25
is with you 10× Genesis 21:22, Deuteronomy 20:1, Judges 6:12, 2 Samuel 7:3
you 10× Genesis 29:25, Genesis 31:29, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 15:16
among 8× Deuteronomy 10:9, Joshua 22:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Esther 2:6
near 8× Genesis 25:11, Genesis 35:4, Judges 18:22, 2 Samuel 13:23
was with him 8× 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Samuel 20:35, 2 Samuel 5:10, 1 Chronicles 9:20
together with 7× Joshua 7:24, 2 Samuel 19:41, 1 Chronicles 11:10, 1 Chronicles 25:7
against you 6× Deuteronomy 20:12, Deuteronomy 20:20, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 20:6
for 6× Genesis 29:30, Leviticus 25:40, Deuteronomy 33:21, Judges 8:35
before 5× Deuteronomy 18:13, 2 Samuel 3:28, Job 9:2, Job 14:3
like 5× Job 9:26, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 73:5, Psalms 106:6
to you 5× Genesis 21:23, Genesis 26:29, Deuteronomy 9:10, Joshua 2:12
against him 4× 2 Samuel 10:17, 1 Chronicles 19:17, 2 Chronicles 13:3, Job 9:14
among them 4× Deuteronomy 29:17, Joshua 20:4, 2 Chronicles 15:9, Nehemiah 9:17
and with 4× Genesis 32:28, 1 Samuel 2:26, 1 Kings 1:7, Psalms 28:3
is with us 4× Genesis 31:50, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:10
to me 4× 2 Samuel 13:16, 1 Chronicles 19:2, Daniel 10:11, Daniel 10:15
toward Me 4× Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:23, Leviticus 26:27, Leviticus 26:40
[and] 3× 1 Chronicles 28:21, Song Of Solomon 4:13, Hosea 2:18
Accompanied by 3× Ruth 1:7, 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 17:8
and also with 3× 1 Kings 10:26, 2 Chronicles 1:14, 2 Chronicles 9:25
and with them 3× 1 Chronicles 15:18, Ezra 8:13, Ezra 8:14
beside 3× Judges 9:6, 1 Samuel 1:26, 2 Samuel 6:7
on 3× 1 Kings 10:2, 2 Chronicles 9:1, 2 Chronicles 22:8
to him 3× 2 Chronicles 24:22, Psalms 78:37, Micah 2:7
to us 3× Exodus 20:19, Joshua 24:27
us 3× Genesis 26:16, Genesis 26:29, 1 Samuel 14:17
were with him 3× Genesis 35:2, Numbers 22:22, 2 Samuel 2:3
am with you 2× Genesis 28:15, Isaiah 41:10
among us 2× 1 Samuel 23:19, Psalms 54:1
anything to 2× Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29
besides You 2× 2 Chronicles 14:11, Psalms 73:25
but to 2× 2 Samuel 22:27, Psalms 18:26
for him 2× Esther 6:3, Jeremiah 39:12
for you 2× 1 Samuel 12:24, Joel 2:26
from him 2× 1 Chronicles 17:13, Psalms 89:33
from you 2× 2 Samuel 15:28, 2 Kings 2:9
He will work with 2× 2 Chronicles 2:7, 2 Chronicles 2:14
him 2× 1 Samuel 17:33, Psalms 50:18
is with me 2× 2 Chronicles 35:21, Psalms 42:8
is with them 2× Numbers 23:21, Zechariah 10:5
of Him 2× 1 Samuel 1:17, 1 Samuel 1:27
of you 2× Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 23:21
them 2× Joshua 4:8, Psalms 83:8
to whom 2× 2 Samuel 9:1, 2 Samuel 9:3
were near 2× Judges 18:3, Judges 19:11
were with 2× Judges 5:15, 1 Samuel 14:21
who are destined with you 2× 2 Kings 18:27, Isaiah 36:12
who were with him 2× 1 Samuel 13:15, 1 Chronicles 21:20
will be with him 2× Psalms 89:24, Psalms 91:15
with it 2× Exodus 23:5, 2 Samuel 6:4
[along] with you 1× Job 40:15
[an animal] 1× Exodus 22:14
[be] with him 1× 2 Chronicles 36:23
[studded] with 1× Song Of Solomon 1:11
[was] with him 1× Deuteronomy 32:12
[we will join] you 1× 2 Chronicles 18:3
[who is] with you 1× 1 Kings 2:8
[who was] with her 1× Genesis 3:6
accompanied 1× 1 Chronicles 12:34
accompanies him 1× 1 Samuel 25:25
accompanying me 1× Nehemiah 12:40
according to 1× 1 Chronicles 11:10
against them 1× Joel 3:2
against us 1× Judges 18:25
along 1× Ezra 1:11
and all 1× Judges 16:3
and also 1× 1 Chronicles 13:2
and He has 1× Job 23:14
and her 1× Exodus 18:6
and to me 1× Ruth 1:8
and you have with you 1× 2 Chronicles 13:8
around him 1× Proverbs 30:31
around them 1× Job 21:8
as 1× 1 Chronicles 25:8
as long as 1× Psalms 72:5
as they 1× Genesis 32:25
as well 1× Job 35:4
as well as 1× 2 Chronicles 21:3
aside 1× 1 Samuel 9:23
assault me 1× Job 10:17
at 1× 1 Samuel 10:2
attended to 1× 1 Chronicles 27:32
away from 1× Exodus 21:14
away with 1× Psalms 26:9
be with you 1× Ruth 2:4
because of 1× 2 Chronicles 21:19
been with 1× Genesis 31:38
before Him 1× Psalms 18:23
before You 1× Psalms 73:22
belong to [God] 1× Job 25:2
belong to God 1× Job 12:13
belong to Him 1× Job 12:16
between 1× Job 26:10
but 1× 1 Samuel 18:12
but with us [is] 1× 2 Chronicles 32:8
can you, like Him 1× Job 37:18
clear to us 1× Job 15:9
comes from 1× Psalms 121:2
despite 1× Isaiah 25:11
down with 1× 2 Samuel 19:16
dwelling near him 1× Leviticus 25:47
dwelling with You 1× Psalms 39:12
followed 1× Ecclesiastes 4:15
from [the neighbor] 1× Exodus 22:12
from among 1× Ruth 4:10
from me 1× Genesis 31:31
gives us 1× Numbers 10:32
had with them 1× 1 Chronicles 16:42
has been with you 1× Deuteronomy 2:7
he [went] with 1× 2 Samuel 23:9
He and 1× Leviticus 25:50
here with me 1× 1 Kings 11:22
here with us 1× 1 Samuel 5:7
in the presence of 1× 1 Samuel 2:21
in you 1× 2 Chronicles 19:3
in Your [mind] 1× Job 10:13
including 1× Joshua 19:46
into 1× Judges 16:13
into Edom 1× 2 Chronicles 21:9
is 1× 2 Kings 10:15
is accompanied by 1× Proverbs 18:3
is near 1× Joshua 7:2
is with 1× Joshua 1:9
is with him 1× 1 Samuel 16:18
is Your 1× Psalms 89:13
it against 1× Micah 6:2
it is in 1× 2 Chronicles 29:10
It was in 1× 1 Chronicles 28:2
join 1× 1 Kings 1:8
just as with 1× Ecclesiastes 2:16
just like 1× Ecclesiastes 2:16
living among you 1× Leviticus 25:45
me 1× Psalms 86:17
near her 1× Genesis 39:10
near them 1× 1 Samuel 25:16
of 1× Deuteronomy 18:16
on behalf of [those] 1× 2 Chronicles 16:9
on your behalf 1× 2 Chronicles 20:17
on your own terms 1× Job 34:33
or 1× 2 Samuel 21:4
presence 1× Exodus 11:8
present 1× Exodus 22:14
sided with 1× 1 Samuel 22:17
taking with them 1× 2 Chronicles 17:9
than with him 1× 2 Chronicles 32:7
that his attitude toward 1× Genesis 31:2
The other [half of Manasseh] 1× Joshua 13:8
their allies 1× 1 Chronicles 5:20
things for 1× Psalms 126:2
things for us 1× Psalms 126:3
to it 1× Proverbs 10:22
to join 1× Esther 5:12
to serve with 1× 1 Chronicles 9:25
to support me 1× Daniel 10:21
toward 1× Judges 9:19
toward him with 1× Genesis 33:1
toward them 1× Leviticus 26:41
toward us 1× Psalms 85:4
toward you 1× Leviticus 26:24
vvv 1× 2 Chronicles 25:13
was present 1× Exodus 22:15
was with 1× 1 Samuel 18:28
was with them 1× Judges 1:22
We are with you 1× 1 Chronicles 12:18
We have 1× Genesis 24:25
were at 1× 2 Samuel 20:8
while 1× Esther 7:8
while she [was] 1× 1 Kings 3:17
who is with you 1× 2 Chronicles 19:6
will be with me 1× 1 Samuel 28:19
will support you 1× Ezra 10:4
will work with 1× 2 Chronicles 2:8
with [God] 1× Job 9:3
with [Haman] 1× Esther 6:14
with [Hezekiah] 1× 2 Kings 18:7
with [Joseph] 1× Genesis 43:34
with [the king of the South] 1× Daniel 11:17
with [whom] 1× Job 12:2
with David 1× 1 Samuel 18:12
With him [is only] 1× 2 Chronicles 32:8
with you today 1× Deuteronomy 29:12
You [demand] 1× Job 17:3
You also have 1× 1 Chronicles 22:15
your 1× Hosea 14:2
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 3:6 עִמָּ֖הּ to [who was] with her Preposition | third person feminine singular Genesis 13:1 עִמּ֖וֹ to with him Preposition | third person masculine singular Genesis 13:14 מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ to . . . Preposition-m | third person masculine singular Genesis 18:16 עִמָּ֖ם to with them Preposition | third person masculine plural Genesis 18:23 עִם־ to with Preposition Genesis 18:25 עִם־ to with Preposition Genesis 19:30 עִמּ֔וֹ to and Preposition | third person masculine singular Genesis 19:32 עִמּ֑וֹ to with him Preposition | third person masculine singular Genesis 19:34 עִמּ֔וֹ to with him Preposition | third person masculine singular Genesis 19:35 עִמּ֔וֹ to with him Preposition | third person masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 3:6
Aligned rows 1,049
Books represented 33
Genesis 83 Exodus 49 Leviticus 26 Numbers 20 Deuteronomy 65 Joshua 41 Judges 59 Ruth 15 1 Samuel 88 2 Samuel 76 1 Kings 62 2 Kings 38 1 Chronicles 55 2 Chronicles 115 Ezra 24 Nehemiah 13 Esther 11 Job 48 Psalms 67 Proverbs 8 Ecclesiastes 8 Song Of Solomon 9 Isaiah 15 Jeremiah 7 Daniel 17 Hosea 14 Joel 2 Amos 3 Jonah 1 Micah 4 Nahum 1 Zephaniah 1 Zechariah 4
Source forms
עִם־ 390x ‘im- Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 24:14
עִמּ֔וֹ 38x ‘im·mōw Genesis 19:30, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 29:30
עִמָּֽךְ׃ 33x ‘im·māḵ Genesis 26:28, Genesis 31:3, Genesis 32:9, Exodus 34:10
עִ֖ם 26x ‘im Genesis 24:12, Deuteronomy 18:13, 2 Samuel 6:4, 2 Samuel 6:7
עִמּ֑וֹ 26x ‘im·mōw Genesis 19:32, Genesis 35:2, Exodus 13:19, Leviticus 25:41
וְעִם־ 24x wə·‘im- Genesis 21:23, Genesis 32:28, Exodus 4:15, Joshua 9:2
עִמּֽוֹ׃ 24x ‘im·mōw Genesis 26:20, Genesis 32:6, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 35:6
עִמּ֖וֹ 23x ‘im·mōw Genesis 13:1, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 27:44, Genesis 29:14
Parsing patterns
Preposition 443x Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 22:5
Preposition | third person masculine singular 154x Genesis 13:1, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:34
Preposition | second person feminine singular 71x Genesis 26:28, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 29:25, Genesis 30:15
Preposition | second person masculine singular 52x Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 26:29
Preposition | first person common singular 45x Genesis 39:7, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:14, Exodus 33:12
Preposition | second person masculine plural 45x Genesis 23:4, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 48:21
Preposition-m 43x Genesis 24:27, Genesis 41:32, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:32
Preposition | first person common plural 36x Genesis 24:25, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:50, Exodus 10:26
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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