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gam גַּם ‘also’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather

gam adv
1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea
 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis)
 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative)
 1c) even (for stress)
 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax)
 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution)
 1f) but, yet, though (adversative)
 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)
2) (TWOT) again, alike

Mentioned in Genesis 10:21, 19:34, 19:35, 19:38, 20:12, 27:31, 27:34, 27:38, 38:11, 43:8, 46:34, 47:3, 48:19, 20:4, 21:26, 22:20, 13:5, 24:14, 24:44, 32:19, 44:9, 44:16, 3:22, 6:3, 6:4, 47:19, 29:30, 32:21, 4:26, 14:16, 20:5, 27:45, 32:7, 42:28, 50:18, 4:22, 30:8, 15:14, 16:13, 32:20, 33:7, 26:21, 29:27, 38:22, 3:6, 27:33, 31:15, 35:17, 42:22, 4:4, 14:7, 19:21, 20:6, 24:25, 30:3, 48:11, 30:6, 37:7, 13:16, 24:19, 21:13, 24:46, 29:33, 30:15, 38:24, 44:10, 30:30, 46:4, 44:29, 50:23, 7:3, 40:15, 38:10, 17:16, 22:24, 50:9 Exodus 8:17, 4:10, 4:14, 12:31, 21:29, 4:9, 2:19, 11:3, 21:35, 34:3, 3:9, 7:23, 10:24, 19:9, 19:22, 33:12, 33:17, 10:25, 10:26, 18:23, 5:2, 5:14, 6:5, 12:39, 1:10, 6:4, 12:32, 18:18, 8:28, 12:38, 7:11 Codex Leviticus 25:45, 26:44, 26:24 Numbers 4:22, 18:2, 24:24, 18:3, 18:28, 27:13, 11:4, 22:33, 16:10, 12:2, 13:27, 23:25, 24:12, 13:28, 16:13, 22:19, 24:25 Deuteronomy 7:20, 10:10, 9:20, 1:28, 3:20, 12:30, 32:25, 22:22, 2:6, 9:19, 3:3, 12:31, 23:19, 26:13, 1:37, 28:61, 23:3, 23:4, 2:15 Joshua 2:12, 22:7, 1:15, 2:24, 24:18, 7:11, 10:30, 9:4 Judges 2:10, 2:17, 11:17, 8:31, 9:19, 9:49, 5:4, 17:2, 1:3, 3:22, 3:31, 6:35, 19:19, 2:21, 8:9, 8:22, 20:48, 2:3, 7:18, 10:9, 1:22 1 Samuel 10:12, 23:17, 24:12, 22:17, 16:8, 15:29, 21:9, 28:6, 17:36, 25:43, 12:14, 13:4, 14:22, 25:13, 8:8, 19:21, 19:22, 2:15, 2:26, 10:11, 31:6, 28:20, 28:22, 28:23, 19:23, 20:27, 26:25, 28:15, 4:17, 10:26, 14:15, 19:20, 22:7, 12:25, 16:9, 19:24, 18:5, 8:20, 1:28, 12:23, 12:16, 14:21, 28:19, 1:6, 25:16, 31:5 2 Samuel 17:10, 2:2, 11:21, 18:2, 16:23, 17:5, 15:24, 3:17, 3:19, 2:7, 19:31, 7:19, 14:7, 17:12, 11:12, 11:17, 11:24, 4:2, 18:22, 18:26, 12:14, 1:11, 19:44, 21:20, 17:16, 1:4, 12:13, 12:27, 15:19, 17:13, 5:2, 2:6, 8:11, 19:41, 13:36, 20:26 1 Kings 1:6, 10:11, 2:5, 1:47, 3:26, 4:15, 21:23, 3:18, 3:13, 13:18, 8:41, 16:7, 17:20, 21:19, 1:48, 15:13, 7:31, 16:16, 22:22, 14:24, 7:20, 14:14, 14:23, 18:35, 1:46 2 Kings 17:41, 24:4, 2:3, 2:5, 23:24, 9:27, 13:6, 8:1, 21:11, 17:19, 23:27, 22:19, 16:3, 21:16, 23:15, 23:19 Isaiah 47:3, 7:20, 31:2, 66:3, 14:8, 48:8, 66:8, 1:15, 43:13, 44:12, 66:4, 7:13, 14:10, 28:7, 49:15, 57:6, 21:12, 23:12, 49:25, 66:21, 13:3, 40:24, 30:33, 30:5, 5:2, 45:16, 57:7, 28:29, 26:12 Jeremiah 12:6, 2:34, 5:28, 33:26, 40:11, 2:33, 3:8, 48:7, 26:20, 2:36, 36:6, 3:10, 31:19, 48:2, 46:21, 14:5, 10:5, 6:11, 46:16, 14:18, 36:25, 51:12, 51:44, 4:12, 27:6, 28:14, 31:36, 48:34, 31:37, 6:15, 8:12, 13:26, 7:11, 27:7, 51:49, 2:37, 8:7, 52:10, 5:18, 33:21, 12:2, 13:23, 50:24, 23:11, 2:16, 25:14, 48:26 Ezekiel 21:14, 5:8, 5:11, 16:43, 21:18, 23:35, 24:3, 24:9, 10:16, 20:12, 8:18, 16:52, 18:11, 23:37, 16:28, 16:29, 20:15, 21:22, 31:17, 9:10, 20:23, 20:25, 39:16, 16:41, 21:32, 24:5 Hosea 4:3, 9:12, 12:12, 3:3, 7:9, 4:6, 4:5, 5:5, 9:16, 10:6, 8:10, 6:11 Joel 1:12, 2:3, 1:18, 1:20, 4:4, 3:2, 2:12 Amos 7:6, 4:7, 4:6 Obadiah 1:11, 1:13 Micah 6:13 Nahum 3:11, 3:10 Habakkuk 2:16 Zephaniah 1:18, 2:14, 2:12 Zechariah 8:21, 11:8, 9:11, 3:7, 9:7, 8:6, 12:2, 9:12, 14:14, 13:2, 9:2 Malachi 1:10, 2:2, 2:9, 3:15 Psalms 95:9, 49:3, 52:7, 139:12, 38:11, 19:14, 133:1, 14:3, 53:4, 139:10, 41:10, 71:18, 84:3, 71:22, 84:4, 8:8, 78:20, 132:12, 119:24, 78:21, 85:13, 83:9, 137:1, 23:4, 25:3, 71:24, 148:12, 84:7, 37:25, 19:12, 107:5, 118:11, 119:23, 129:2 Proverbs 20:10, 14:20, 17:28, 26:4, 19:2, 20:12, 21:13, 28:9, 18:9, 14:13, 16:7, 1:26, 25:1, 19:24, 24:23, 20:11, 23:15, 18:3, 11:25, 16:4, 17:15, 17:26, 22:6 Job 15:10, 30:2, 18:5, 28:27, 2:10, 12:3, 41:1, 31:28, 33:6, 1:6, 2:1, 23:2, 7:11, 13:2, 40:14, 16:4, 30:8, 13:16, 21:7, 24:19, 16:19, 19:18 Song of Songs 8:1, 7:14 Ruth 4:10, 2:8, 1:5, 1:12, 2:21, 3:12, 2:15, 2:16 Lamentations 2:9, 4:21, 1:8, 4:3, 4:15, 3:8 Ecclesiastes 9:6, 12:5, 2:8, 2:21, 2:24, 2:26, 3:11, 3:13, 5:18, 6:7, 7:14, 8:17, 9:1, 9:3, 9:12, 5:9, 2:19, 2:15, 4:8, 2:14, 4:11, 7:18, 7:22, 1:11, 4:16, 8:16, 4:4, 6:3, 5:16, 7:21, 10:20, 8:14, 9:13, 8:12, 2:1, 10:3, 4:14, 11:2, 8:10, 9:11, 5:15, 2:7, 1:17, 2:23, 6:5, 6:9, 7:6 Esther 4:16, 9:15, 7:9, 1:9, 5:12, 7:8, 9:13, 7:2 Daniel 11:8, 11:22 Ezra 1:1 Nehemiah 3:35, 6:17, 6:19, 13:26, 5:8, 5:10, 5:14, 5:15, 6:1, 4:16, 5:13, 6:7, 6:14, 12:43, 13:22, 13:23, 5:16 1 Chronicles 24:31, 19:15, 18:11, 10:13, 12:39, 23:26, 20:6, 11:2, 29:24, 29:9, 10:5 2 Chronicles 19:8, 21:4, 21:13, 9:10, 30:1, 14:14, 29:7, 28:8, 22:3, 22:5, 30:12, 36:22, 17:11, 6:32, 24:12, 26:20, 36:13, 1:11, 24:7, 28:5, 31:6, 34:27, 15:16, 21:17, 18:21, 16:12, 12:12, 20:13, 36:14, 20:4, 21:11, 29:35, 28:2

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