Pâʻam — H6470

Definition

verb

to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitate

1. to thrust, impel, push, beat persistently
1. (Qal) to impel
2. (Niphal) to be beaten, be disturbed
3. (Hithpael) to be disturbed

Usually translated as

move, trouble

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Pâʻam occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (1), Psalms (1), Daniel (2)

• Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled (וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם); and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
• Judges 13:25 — And the Spirit of the LORD began to move (לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ) him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
• Psalms 77:4 — Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled (נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי) that I cannot speak.
• Daniel 2:1 — And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled (וַתִּתְפָּ֣עֶם), and his sleep brake from him.
• Daniel 2:3 — And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled (וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם) to know the dream.