Etymology?:
from ʿāṣōm עָצֹם ‘be vast / to shut eyes’
Roots:
עצם
ʿeṣem n, f
1) bone, essence, substance
1a) bone
1a1) body, limbs, members, external body
1b) bone (of animal)
1c) substance, self
Mentioned in Genesis 17:23, 17:26, 2:23, 29:14, 7:13, 50:25 Exodus 12:46, 13:19, 24:10, 12:41, 12:17, 12:51 Codex Leviticus 23:30, 23:14, 23:28, 23:29, 23:21 Numbers 19:16, 19:18, 24:8, 9:12 Deuteronomy 32:48 Joshua 24:32, 10:27, 5:11 Judges 9:2, 19:29 1 Samuel 31:13 2 Samuel 21:14, 19:13, 5:1, 19:14, 21:13, 21:12 1 Kings 13:2, 13:31 2 Kings 23:14, 23:20, 13:21, 23:16, 23:18 Isaiah 66:14, 38:13, 58:11 Jeremiah 23:9, 20:9, 8:1 Ezekiel 2:3, 37:11, 24:2, 37:3, 39:15, 37:5, 40:1, 24:4, 37:4, 37:7, 32:27, 24:10, 6:5, 37:1, 24:5 Amos 2:1, 6:10 Micah 3:2, 3:3 Habakkuk 3:16 Psalms 35:10, 34:21, 42:11, 38:4, 53:6, 6:3, 31:11, 102:6, 141:7, 109:18, 32:3, 51:10, 22:15, 22:18, 102:4 Proverbs 16:24, 12:4, 14:30, 15:30, 3:8 Job 2:5, 33:19, 40:18, 7:15, 10:11, 19:20, 33:21, 21:23, 21:24, 30:30, 30:17, 20:11, 4:14 Lamentations 4:7, 1:13, 3:4, 4:8 Ecclesiastes 11:5 1 Chronicles 10:12, 11:1 2 Chronicles 34:5