עמוד

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־מ־ד (ʿ-m-d)

Compare Aramaic עַמּוּדָא (ʿammūḏā, “column”) and Arabic عَمُود (ʕamūd, “column”).

Noun

עַמּוּד • (amúd) m (plural indefinite עַמּוּדִים, singular construct עַמּוּד־, plural construct עַמּוּדֵי־)

1. pillar, column, post
   • Tanach, Exodus 26:32, with translation of the New International Version:

     וְנָתַתָּה אֹתָהּ עַל־אַרְבָּעָה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים מְצֻפִּים זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב עַל־אַרְבָּעָה אַדְנֵי־כָסֶף׃

     Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

   • Tanach, Judges 16:26, with translation of the New International Version:

     וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן אֶל־הַנַּעַר הַמַּחֲזִיק בְּיָדוֹ הַנִּיחָה אוֹתִי והימשני (וַהֲמִישֵׁנִי) אֶת־הָעַמֻּדִים אֲשֶׁר הַבַּיִת נָכוֹן עֲלֵיהֶם וְאֶשָּׁעֵן עֲלֵיהֶם׃

     Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”

   • 2014, “אברהם (“Abraham”)”, performed by Daniela Spector:

     עמוד עשן, סיפור ישן. תתעורר, תתעורר.

     amúd ashán, sipúr yashán. tit'orér, tit'orér.

     A pillar of smoke, an old story. Wake up, wake up.

2. page (as of a book)

Usage notes

• In the sense of "page," עמוד generally refers to a page in a book, but is sometimes used to reference to things like web pages, for which the word דַּף is also used.

Synonyms

• (pillar): (biblical) מַצֵּבָה (matsevá)
• (page): דַּף (dáf)

Derived terms

• עַמּוּד בַּיִת (amúd-báyit)
• עַמּוּד הַשִּׁדְרָה (amúd hashidrá)

See also

• עֶמְדָּה (emdá, “a post”)
• עָמַד (amád, “to stand”)

References

• H5982 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible