Amam עָמַם

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Amam (Hebrew עָמַם, Strong's H6004) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to darken”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to dim, darken, grow dark
1a) (Qal) to dim, eclipse, be held dark
1b) (Hophal) to be dimmed, grow dark

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	hide (2), dim (1)
BSB	has become tarnished (1), is hidden from you (1), rival it (1)

Every verse with Amam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Lamentations 4:1
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Ezekiel 28:3
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).