פַּעַם

1. a. in poetry, hoof-beat Dom 5,28 late, of human footfall, footstep, figurative Sl 17,5 (|| אֲשׁוּרַי), Sl 119,113 וְיָשֵׂם לְדֶרֶךְ פְּעָמָיו Sl 85,14.
\ \ b. foot, figurative, Sl 57,7; Sl 58,11; Sl 74,3; Sl 140,5; Ord 29,5 literal Es 26,6 (|| רֶגֶל), Hoj 7,2 ׳בְּכַף פ 2 Kong 19,24 = Es 37,25.
\ \ c. foot, of ark 2 Mos 25,12; 2 Mos 37,3 (P). — פַּעֲמֹתָיו 1 Kong 7,30 read פִּנּוֺתָיו (compare v1 Kong 7,34).

2. = anvil (struck by hammer) Es 41,7.

3. occurrence, time (originally stroke, beat):
\ \ a. אֶחָ֑ת ׳מ [אַחַת] one time, once Jos 6,3; Jos 6,11; Jos 6,14 (JE), Jos 10,42 (D) + 3 t. +2 Sam 23,8 Qr (>Kt אחד); פַּעֲמָ֑יִם twice 1 Mos 41,32 + 6 t.; ׳פ Nah 1,9 second time; ׳אַרְבַּע פ Neh 6,4 four times; ׳חָמֵשׁ אוֺ שֵׁשׁ פ 2 Kong 13,19, compare ׳מ חֲמִישִׁית Neh 6,5 also with שָׁלשׁ, שֶׁבַע, q. v.; ׳עֶשֶׂר פ (וֶה) 4 Mos 14,22 (JE) Neh 4,6; Job 19,3, all indefinite = over and over; indefinite also פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Neh 13,20 once and [i.e. or] twice; פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֺשׁ Job 33,29 twice (or) thrice; מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 Sam 24,3 = 1 Kron 21,3, ׳אֶלֶף פ 5 Mos 1,11 רַבּוֺת ׳פ Sl 106,43; Praed 7,22 עַדכַּֿמֶּה פְעָמִים 1 Kong 22,16 = 2 Kron 18,15.
\ \ b. כְּפַעַםבְּֿפַעַם as time on time, i.e. as formerly, as usual, 4 Mos 24,1 (E) Dom 16,20; Dom 20,30; Dom 20,31; 1 Sam 3,10 (compare Dr) 1 Sam 20,25.
\ \ c. הַוּאֹת (גַּם) בַּפַּעַם at this repetition (this time) also 2 Mos 8,28; 2 Mos 9,14 (J) + 3 t.; הַהִוא ׳גַּם בַּפּ 5 Mos 9,19; 5 Mos 10,10.
\ \ d. הַפַּעַם (Hexateuch only J): (1) = this once 1 Mos 18,32, ׳אַךְ הַפּ 2 Mos 10,17; Dom 6,39, ׳רַקהַֿפּ vDom 6,39, הַזֶּה ׳אַךְ הַפּ Dom 16,28 (הַזֶּה dubious, see above); (2) = now at lenth 1 Mos 2,23; 1 Mos 29,34; 1 Mos 29,35; 1 Mos 30,20; 1 Mos 46,30; Dom 15,3; Dom 16,18, compare also 2 Mos 9,27 now at length (it is clear that) I have sinned.
\ \ e. פַּעַם ֗֗֗ פָּ֑עַם Ord 7,12 now ... now, at one time ... at another.