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I. עַם, עָם1840 noun masculineGen 11:6 (see below) people (Late Hebrew id., plebeian, common man; ᵑ7 עַמָּא people, plural peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac ; Arabic see above; original meaning probably those united, connected, related, compare WeGGN 1893, 480); — absolute עַם Gen 11:6 +, עָם Judg 9:36 +, הָעָם Josh 8:11 +; construct עַם Num 21:29 +; suffix עַמִּי Exod 3:7 +, עַמְּךָ Exod 22:27 +, etc.; plural עַמִּים Isa 2:3 +, עֲמָמִים (compare Biblical Aramaic) Neh 9:22 construct עַמֵּי 1Kgs 8:43 +, עַמְמֵי Neh 9:24 plural with suffix see II. עַם; — (Thes cites following as feminine וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exod 5:16 [but corrupt and unintellig.; read perhaps ׳וְחַטָאתָ לְע, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Di]; Judg 18:7 [but ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word city, or the like, see GFM]; Jer 8:5 [but read שׁוֺבַב for שׁוֺבְבָה Gie]); — 1. a people, nation (sometimes ||
גּוֺי), collective noun (singular
Exod 21:8;
Josh 17:14;
Josh 17:15;
Josh 17:17;
2Sam 17:29 + often, or plural
Exod 20:15;
Exod 24:2;
Jer 5:31 + often, or both in same clause
Exod 1:20;
2Sam 13:24):
עַם אֶחָד = all mankind
Gen 11:6 (
J); peoples in general
Gen 27:29 (
J; ||
לְאֻמִּים),
Exod 19:5 (
E),
Deut 2:25;
Deut 4:6 + often Deuteronomy;
Neh 13:24 + often;
קְהַל עַמִּים Gen 28:3 (
P)
an assembly (multitude)
of peoples,
Gen 48:4 (
P),
Ezek 23:24;
Ezek 32:3 (+
רַבִּים); one's own people
Jer 46:16;
Ps 45:11;
Ruth 1:10;
Ruth 1:15;
Ruth 1:16 (twice in verse) + (on
עַמִּי נָדִיב Song 6:12 see especially
Bu); particular peoples, Egypt
Gen 41:40 (
E),
Exod 1:22 (
E),
Neh 9:10 +;
עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1:5 עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab)
Num 21:29 (
JE),
Jer 48:46 but especially Israel
Exod 1:20 (
E) + often;
׳עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ v
Exod 1:9 (
J); called
יהוה ׳ע Num 11:29 (
E),
1Sam 2:24 +, and (by
׳י)
עַמִּי Exod 3:7;
Exod 5:1 (
J) + often (all periods);
קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Judg 20:2,
עַםהַֿקָּהָל Lev 16:33 (
P),
קְהַל עָם Ps 107:32 especially
הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust)
Num 11:1;
Num 11:12;
Num 11:13 +; figurative of ants
Prov 30:25, the
shaphan v
Prov 30:26, locusts
Joel 2:2, compare
לְעַם לְצִיִּים Ps 74:14 (where read
לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On
Judg 1:16 see
עֲמָלֵקִי.
5. phrases are:
a. (
עַמָּהּ,
עַמִּי,
עַמְּךָ)
בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc.
Num 22:5 (
E),
Gen 23:11 (
P)
Lev 19:18 (
H),
Judg 14:16;
Judg 14:17;
Ezek 33:2;
Ezek 33:12 +.
b. בְּנֵי הָעָם =
common people (see
3)
2Kgs 23:6;
Jer 26:23 +;
people in general
שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Jer 17:19 i.e.
public gate 2Chr 35:5;
2Chr 35:12.
c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body
2Kgs 11:14;
2Kgs 11:18;
2Kgs 11:19;
2Kgs 11:20;
2Kgs 15:5;
2Kgs 16:15;
2Kgs 21:24 (twice in verse) +,
Jer 37:2;
Jer 44:21;
Lev 20:2 (
H),
Gen 23:7;
Gen 23:12;
Gen 23:13 (
P); common people
Jer 34:19, compare
׳הא ׳דַּלַּת ע 2Kgs 24:14 distinguished from prince
Ezek 45:22;
Ezek 46:3;
Ezek 46:9, from priests
Hag 2:4;
Zech 7:5 = Canaanites
Num 14:9 (
JE), compare
עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1Chr 5:25 mixed post-exile population
Ezra 4:4.
d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually
peoples of the earth Josh 4:24 (
D),
2Chr 32:19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Palestine after exile
Ezra 10:2;
Ezra 10:11 traders
Neh 10:31 עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֺת Neh 9:30;
Neh 10:29;
2Chr 32:13.
e. מִשְׁפְּחוֺת עַמִּים Ps 96:7 =
1Chr 16:28 (compare
Ps 22:28).
feminine בַּתעַֿמִּי = people personified
Isa 22:4;
Jer 4:11 + 7 t. Jeremiah +
Jer 6:14 (
van d. H.; omit
בַּת Baer Gi),
Lam 2:11;
Lam 3:48;
Lam 4:3;
Lam 4:6;
Lam 4:10 בְּתוּלַת בַּתעַֿמִּי Jer 14:17.
g. designations of Israel are:
עַםקָֿרוֺשׁ Deut 7:6 + 3 t.,
קְדוֺשִׁים ׳ע Dan 8:24,
(ה)קֹדֶשׁ ׳ע Isa 62:12;
Isa 63:18;
Dan 12:7 סְגֻלָּה ׳ע Deut 7:6;
Deut 14:2;
Deut 26:18.
h. of foreign (non-Israel) peoples:
׳ע נָכְרִי Exod 21:8 (
E),
אַחֵר ׳ע Deut 28:32, and especially from language,
עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה ׳ע Ezek 3:5 compare v
Ezek 3:6,
כִּלְשׁוֺן עַם וָעָם Neh 13:24 compare
Esth 1:22 (twice in verse);
Esth 3:12,
לֹעֵג ׳ע Ps 114:1.
i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Isa 10:6,
חֶרְמִי ׳ע Isa 34:11,
מִֿבְחָרָיו׳ע Dan 11:15,
עַמֵּי תּוֺעֵבוֺת הָאֵלֶּה Ezra 9:14 לֹא עַם בִּינוֺת Isa 27:11. — For
עַםעֿוֺלָם Isa 44:7 read (
אֹתִיּוֺת)
(מִי הִשְׁמִי)עַ מֵעוֺלָם Oort Du Kit CheHpt compare
PerlesAnal. 40, 64.
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II. [עַם] noun [masculine] kinsman
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עַם noun masculineEzra 6:12 people (see Biblical Hebrew I. עמם, עַם); — ׳ע absolute Dan 2:44; Dan 3:29; Ezra 6:12, construct Dan 7:27 emphatic עַמָּה Ezra 5:12, עַמָּא Ezra 7:13; Ezra 7:16; Ezra 7:25 plural emphatic עַמֲמַיָּא (K§§ 15d); 55, 5 a)) Dan 3:4; Dan 3:7 (twice in verse); Dan 3:31; Dan 5:19; Dan 6:26; Dan 7:14.