Genesis 2:23

וַ יֹּאמֶר הָ אָדָם זֹאת הַ פַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵ עֲצָמַי וּ בָשָׂר מִ בְּשָׂרִי לְ זֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵ אִישׁ לֻקֳחָה זֹּאת

And the Red-one is saying, `This one is the Foot-Strike,¹⁰⁰ a bone of my bones. And a fresh-flesh of my fresh-flesh to this one; she is being called-out Woman for from a man¹⁰¹ this one has been taken.¹⁰²

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The Foot/Hoof Strike

Strong’s #6471, ha-pa’am. Footstep, foot strike, stroke, beat. With definite article. This is the word evolved to mean “now” and “step” in the sense of time. The Hebrew הַפָּ֑עַם, ha-pa’am is also found 8 times in the Torah (six in Genesis, two in Exodus) and 5 times in Judges (Judg. 6:39, 15:3, 16:8,28). Gesenius writes, "פָעַם TO STRIKE, TO BEAT, Whence פָעַם an anvil, and פַעֲמֹן bell, also to strike with the foot, to tread, whence פָעַם a step, a foot.

The LXX translates the word νυν, now. This is a basic meaning as seen in the context of a particular woman’s feet in Prov. 7:11-12,

“She who roars/murmers is herself, and she who is stubborn, her feet are not dwelling in her house. A foot-strike [pa’am] in the Outside, a foot-strike [pa’am] in the Broad-way [a word based on 'Rachab' the prostitute], and beside the whole of a corner she is waiting-in-ambush…” Proverbs 7:11-12 RBT