I. [עֻמָּה] noun feminine juxtaposition, but only in stative construct with force a preposition close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to; — stative with עֻמַּת, except [Eccl 5:15] always with לְ, suffix לְעֻמָּתוֺ, once plural construct לְעֻמּוֺת [Ezek 45:7] —
\ \ a. close by, side by side with: [Exod 25:27] ([Exod 37:14]), [Exod 28:27] ([Exod 39:20]), [Lev 3:9] לְעֻמַּת הֻעָצֶה יְסִירֶנָּה shall take it away close by the backbone; especially of what is parallel, [Ezek 42:7] the wall alongside of the chambers; of the contiguous portions in Ezekiel's division of the land, alongside of each other, [Ezek 45:6]; [Ezek 45:7]; [Ezek 48:13]; [Ezek 48:18] (twice in verse); [Ezek 48:21] of movement in parallel lines, [2Sam 16:13] Shimei was going along לְעֻמָּתוֺ parallel with him, v[2Sam 16:13]; [Ezek 1:20] וְהָאוֺפַנִּים יִנָָּֽשְׂאוּ לְעֻמָּתָם, v[Ezek 1:21]; [Ezek 3:13]; [Ezek 10:19]; [Ezek 11:22]; [Ezek 3:8] נָתַתִּי פָנֶיךָ חֲזָקִים לְעֻמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם by the side of their face (which, as antagonism is implied, = against, RV), v[Ezek 3:8].
\ \ b. agreeing with, corresponding to (a common result of juxtaposition), [Exod 38:18] a screen five cubits high לעמת קלעי החצר agreeing with (RV answerable unto) the hangings of the court (in height), [Ezek 40:18] probably also [1Chr 26:16]; [Neh 12:24] מִשְׁמָר ׳מִשְׁמָר ל ward corresponding to ward.
\ \ c. correspondingly to, [1Chr 24:31] they also cast lots לְעֻמַּת אֲחֵיהֶם correspondingly to their brethren, vb the head, correspondinly to his younger brother, [1Chr 26:12] to these . . . belonged charges correspondingly to (in common with) their brethren.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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