# קם
## Aramaic
### Verb

קָם • (qām)
* to rise, to stand

## Hebrew
### Etymology

Common Semitic; see also Arabic قَامَ (qāma), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Qatabanian [script needed] (*sqmt), [script needed] (*suqāmat, “planted”, literally “made to stand”), feminine passive causative adjective of [script needed] (*qāma, “to stand”). Possibly also related to שקמה (“sycamore tree”).

### Pronunciation

* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /kam/
* Rhymes: -am

### Verb

קָם • (qɔm, kam) (pa'al construction)
* to rise, stand up
    Synonym: הִתְעוֹרֵר (hiṯʕōrer, hit'orér)
** Tanach, Genesis 13:17, with translation of the King James Version:קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאׇרְכָּהּ וּלְרׇחְבָּהּkum hit'haléch ba'árets l'orkáh ul'rochbáhArise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it
** Tanach, Genesis 37:7, with translation of the King James Version:וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם נִצָּבָהv'hiné káma alumatí v'gam nitsávaand, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright
* to become in charge [with עַל (ʕal, al)]
** Tanach, Exodus 1:8, with translation of the King James Version:וַיָּקׇם מֶלֶךְ חָדָשׁ עַל מִצְרָיִםvayákom mélech chadásh al mitsráyimNow there arose up a new king over Egypt
* to remain valid
** Tanach, Numbers 30:5, with translation of the King James Version:וְשָׁמַע אָבִיהָ אֶת נִדְרָהּ וֶאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ וְקָמוּ כָּל נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּםv'shamá avíha et nidráh ve'esaráh ashér as'rá al nafsháh v'hecherísh lah avíha v'kámu kol n'daréha v'chol isár ashér as'rá al nafsháh yakúmAnd her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand
* to attack, initiate an attack [with עַל (ʕal, al)]
** Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:26, with translation of the King James Version:יָקוּם אִישׁ עַל רֵעֵהוּ וּרְצָחוֹ נֶפֶשׁyakúm ish al reéhu urtsachó néfesha man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him
* to testify as a witness, to accuse [with בְּ־ (b-)]
** Tanach, Deuteronomy 19:15, with translation of the King James Version:לֹא יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ לְכָל עָוֺןlo yakúm ed echád b'ish l'chol avónOne witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity
* to be accounted as, to take the place of
** Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:6, with translation of DARBY:וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּתv'hayá hab'chór ashér teléd yakúm al shem achív hamétAnd it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead
* (of a prediction or an accusation) to be valid, fulfilled
** Tanach, 1 Samuel 1:23:אַךְ יָקֵם יְהוָה אֶת־דְּבָרוֹakh yaqem Adonai et-d'varoOnly may the LORD fulfill his word!

#### Conjugation
### Noun

קָם • (qɔm, kam) m (plural indefinite קָמִים, singular construct קָמֵי־)
* foe
    Synonyms: אוֹיֵב (ʔōyeḇ, oyév), שׂוֹנֵא (śōneʔ, soné)

### References

* H6965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* ↑ “sycamore”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

## Lishana Deni
### Etymology

From Aramaic קֳדָם (qŏḏām).

### Preposition

קם (qam) (combining form קאמ־ (qām-))
* before, in front of