Steps and Footsteps

פַּ֫עַם118 n.f. Ex 8:28 (masc. only Ju 16:23 [text suspicious, v. GFM AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76 KöSynt. § 248 m], 2 S 23:8 [1 K 7:30 [crpt., v. infr.]) beat, foot, anvil, occurrence;—abs. פ׳ Gn 2:23 +; פָּ֑עַם 46:30 +; du. פַּעֲמַיִם Gn 27:36 +, etc.; pl. פְּעָמִים 33:3 +; also (concr.) cstr. פַּעֲמֵי Ju 5:28 +; sf. פְּעָמַי ψ 57:7; 119:133, etc.; פַּעֲמֹתָיו (only 1 c) Ex 25:12 + 2 times;— 1. a. poet., hoof-beat Ju 5:28; late, of human footfall, footstep, fig. ψ 17:5 (‖ אֲשׁוּרַי), 119:133; וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו 85:14. b. foot, fig., 57:7; 58:11; 74:3; 140:5 Pr 29:5; lit. Is 26:6 (‖ רֶגֶל), Ct 7:2; בְּכַף פ׳ 2 K 19:24 = Is 37:25. c. foot, of ark Ex 25:12; 37:3 (P).—פַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 K 7:30 read פִּנּוֹתָיו (cf. v 34). 2. = anvil (struck by hammer) Is 41:7. 3. occurrence (orig. stroke): a. הַפַּעַם now Ju 16:18; פ׳ אֶחָ֑ת [אַחַת] one time, once Jos 6:3, 11, 14 (JE), 10:42 (D) + 3 times + 2 S 23:8 Qr (> Kt אחד); פַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice Gn 41:32 + 6 times; פ׳ Na 1:9 second time; אַרְבַּע פ׳ Ne 6:4 four times; חָמֵשׁ אוֹ שֵׁשׁ פ׳ 2 K 13:19, cf. פ׳ חֲמִישִׁית Ne 6:5; also c. שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁבַע, q.v.; עֶשֶׂר פ׳ (זֶה) Nu 14:22 (JE) Ne 4:6; Jb 19:3, all indef. = over and over; indef. also פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Ne 13:20 once and [i.e. or] twice; פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ Jb 33:29 twice (or) thrice; מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 S 24:3 = 1 Ch 21:3, אֶלֶף פ׳ Dt 1:11; פ׳ רַבּוֹת ψ 106:43 Ec 7:22; עַד־כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים 1 K 22:16 = 2 Ch 18:15. b. כְּפַעַם־בְּפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, Nu 24:1 (E) Ju 16:20; 20:30, 31; 1 S 3:10 (cf. Dr) 20:25. c. הַזֹּאת (גַּם) כַּפַּעַם at this repetition (this time) also Ex 8:28; 9:14 (J) + 3 times; גַּם בַּפּ׳ הַהִוא Dt 9:19; 10:10. d. הַפַּעַם (Hex only J): (1) = this once Gn 18:32, אַךְ הַפּ׳ Ex 10:17; Ju 6:39, רַק־הַפּ׳ v 39, אַךְ הַפּ׳ הַזֶּה 16:28 (הַזֶּה dub., v. supr.); (2) = now at length Gn 2:23; 29:34, 35; 30:20; 46:30; Ju 15:3; 16:18, cf. also Ex 9:27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned. e. פַּעַם … פָּ֑עַם Pr 7:12 now … now, at one time … at another.

† [צַ֫עַד] n.m.2 S 6:13 step, pace;—abs. צָ֑עַד Pr 30:29; sf. צַעֲדוֹ Je 10:3; Pr 16:9, etc.; pl. cstr. צַעֲדֵי Jb 18:7; sf. צְעָדַי Jb 31:4, etc.;— 1. lit. step, pace, 2 S 6:13, תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי 2 S 22:37 = ψ 18:37, i.e. givest me firm footing, מֵיטִיבֵי צ׳ Pr 30:29 = making a good step, stately in march; La 4:18 (‖ לָ֑כֶת). 2. step, steps, in fig. of course of life, fortune: sg. לֹא יֵצַר צ׳ Pr 4:12; ‖ דֶּרֶךְ Je 10:23; Pr 16:9; pl. Jb 14:16; 31:4; 34:21, צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ 18:7 (cf. Pr 4:12 supr.); מִסְפַּר־צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ 31:37; of harlot Pr 5:5 fig., שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹ֑כוּ.

† [אֲשׁוּר, אָשׁוּר] n.f. ψ 44:19 step, going (cf. Arabic إِثْرٌ, أَثَمٌ Ethiopic አሠር፡: footstep) only sf. אֲשֻׁרוֹ Jb 23:11 Pr 14:15; אֲשׁוּרַי ψ 17:5; אֲשֻׁרָ֑י ψ 40:3; 73:2; אֲשֻׁרֵנוּ ψ 44:19; אֲשֻׁרָיו ψ 37:31, all poet. & fig. of mode of life, etc.

† [אַשֻּׁר] n.f. Jb 31:7 step, going, same usage, אַשֻּׁרִי Jb 31:7; אַשֻּׁרֵנוּ ψ 17:11.

† I. צְעָדָה n.f. marching;—קוֹל צ׳ 2 S 5:24 the sound of marching = 1 Ch 14:15.

† [הָלִיךְ] n.[m.] step, only pl. sf. בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה Jb 29:6 when my steps were bathed in cream (חֵמָה = חֶמְאָה) hyperb. of abundance, wealth.