expressing
correspondence, especially in the matter of
retribution (the
גַּם correlativum), so frequently
גַּם אֲנִי,
גַּם אָנֹכִי I
also (on my part):—
Breishis 20:6 I
also [as well as thyself] know that thou hast done this innocently,
Yehoshua 24:18 Shoftim 2:21 Shmuel Alef 1:28 (cf. Dr)
Shmuel Alef 28:22 גַּם אַתָּה thou
also (as I have done v
Shmuel Alef 28:21),
Shmuel Beis 12:13 י׳ also [responding to thy confession] hath removed thy sin,
Melachim Beis 2:3,
Melachim Beis 2:5 Yeshaya 31:2;
Yeshaya 66:3-4 (
גם …
גם, emphasizing the action of both parties),
Yirmiya 2:36;
Yirmiya 4:12 now will I
also [in correspondence with their deeds] speak judgments with them,
Yirmiya 7:11;
Yirmiya 51:49 (
גם …
גם),
Yechezkel 5:8,
Yechezkel 5:11;
Yechezkel 16:43 (
וְגַם = therefore
also),
Yechezkel 23:35 Hoshea 4:6 because thou hast forgotten the direction of thy God, I
also (on my part) will forget thy children,
Tehillim 52:7 (thou lovest evil, etc.)
גַּם אֵל יִתָּצְךָ God
also (on his part) will pluck thee up,
Tehillim 71:22;
Tehillim 133:1 Mishlei 1:26 Iyov 7:11;
Iyov 12:3;
Iyov 16:4; so
וְגַם Shoftim 2:3 Amos 4:6,
Amos 4:7 Micha 6:13 Malachi 2:9. In the apodosis (uncommon):
Breishis 13:16 if a man could number the dust of the earth,
גַּם זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶה thy seed
also should be numbered,
Yirmiya 31:36,
Yirmiya 31:37;
Yirmiya 33:21,
Yirmiya 33:26 Zecharia 8:6. The correspondence is sometimes of the nature of a climax:
Breishis 27:33;
Breishis 30:8 I have wrestled,
גַּם יָכֹלְתִּי (cf.
Melachim Alef 22:22 וְגַם תּוּכָ֔ל,
Yirmiya 50:24),
Yeshaya 66:8.