pa.am denotes a particular occasion or repeated occurrence, and can also name a footstep or a single striking action.

The dominant use marks an occasion or a repeated, numbered occurrence in actions, speech, and recurring observances. In a smaller physical group, it occurs with feet, steps, or hoofbeats, and in battle scenes it marks a single striking action.

1. Occasion or repeated occurrence · dominant

   Singular and plural forms occur where an action, statement, or observance is situated as a particular occurrence or as a repetition. In 2 Kings 5:10 the plural form accompanies the command to wash in the Jordan, and the APB renders the clause “wash seven times”; in Deuteronomy 16:16 it accompanies the required appearances in the year, rendered “Three times in the year.”

   2 Kings 5:102 Kings 5:14Deuteronomy 16:16Exodus 23:17Exodus 10:17Genesis 18:32
2. Footsteps, feet, or hoofbeats · rare

   Construct plural forms occur in clauses about the lower part of a person or animal in motion. In Isaiah 26:6 the APB renders the clause “the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor,” while Judges 5:28 speaks of the “hoofbeats of his chariots.”

   Isaiah 26:6Judges 5:28Exodus 25:12Exodus 37:32 Kings 19:24Isaiah 37:25
3. A single striking action · rare

   The singular form occurs in battle-related statements about one decisive strike. In 1 Samuel 26:8 the APB renders Abishai’s proposal as striking Saul “with one blow,” and 1 Chronicles 11:11 describes Jashobeam’s action against three hundred as occurring “at one beat.”

   1 Samuel 26:81 Chronicles 11:112 Samuel 23:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the temporal use with wording such as “times,” “this time,” and “just this once,” while physical contexts appear as “feet,” “steps,” “hoofbeats,” “beat,” or “blow.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed equivalents.