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