STRONGS H5971:
Abbreviations
I. עַם,
עָם 1840 noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below)
people (Late Hebrew
id., plebeian, common man;
עַמָּא people, plural
peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac
; Arabic
see above; original meaning probably
those united, connected, related, compare We
GGN 1893, 480); — absolute
עַם Genesis 11:6 +,
עָם Judges 9:36 +,
הָעָם Joshua 8:11 +; construct
עַם Numbers 21:29 +; suffix
עַמִּי Exodus 3:7 +,
עַמְּךָ Exodus 22:27 [
Exodus 22:28] +, etc.; plural
עַמִּים Isaiah 2:3 +,
עֲמָמִים (compare Biblical Aramaic)
Nehemiah 9:22; construct
עַמֵּי 1 Kings 8:43 +,
עַמְמֵי Nehemiah 9:24; plural with suffix see II.
עַם; — (Thes cites following as
feminine וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 5:16 [but corrupt and unintelligable; read perhaps
וְחַטָאתָ לְע׳, so
Di];
Judges 18:7 [but
ישֶׁבֶת must agree with lost word
city, or the like, see GFM];
Jeremiah 8:5 [but read
שׁוֺבַב for
שׁוֺבְבָה Gie]); —
1. a people, nation (sometimes || גּוֺי), collective noun (singular Exodus 21:8; Joshua 17:14, Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:17; 2 Samuel 17:29 + often, or plural — Exodus 20:18,; Exodus 24:2; Jeremiah 5:31 + often, or both in the same clause Exodus 1:20; 2 Samuel 13:24): עַם אֶחָד = all mankind Genesis 11:6 (J); peoples in general Genesis 27:29 (J; || לְאֻמִּים), Exodus 19:5 (E), Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 4:6 + often in Deuteronomy; Nehemiah 13:24 + often; קְהַל עַמִּים Genesis 28:3 (P) an assembly (multitude) of peoples, Genesis 48:4 (P), Ezekiel 23:24; Ezekiel 32:3 (+ רַבִּים); one's own people Jeremiah 46:16; Psalm 45:11 [Psalm 45:10]; Ruth 1:10, Ruth 1:15, Ruth 1:16 (twice in verse) + (on עַמִּי נָדִיב [H5993 Songs 6:12] see especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 1:22 (E), Nehemiah 9:10 +; עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1:5; עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab) Numbers 21:29 (JE), Jeremiah 48:46; but especially Israel Exodus 1:20 (E) + often; עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ׳ Exodus 1:9 (J); called יהוה ע׳ Numbers 11:29 (E), 1 Samuel 2:24 +, and (by י׳) עַמִּי Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:1 (J) + often (all periods); קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Judges 20:2, עַםהַֿקָּהָל Leviticus 16:33 (P), קְהַל עָם Psalm 107:32; especially הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust) Numbers 11:1, Numbers 11:12, Numbers 11:13 +; figurative of ants Proverbs 30:25, the shaphan Proverbs 30:26, locusts Joel 2:2, compare לְעַם לְצִיִּים Psalm 74:14 (where read לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On Judges 1:16 see עֲמָלֵקִי.
2. = smaller units, e.g.
a. inhabitants of a city Genesis 19:4 (J), 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 9:13; Jeremiah 29:16, Jeremiah 29:25; 2 Chronicles 31:4 + (Jeremiah 8:5 strike out יְרוּוּשׁ׳ Gie Co Rothst).
b. inhabitants of a locality Jeremiah 37:12 [apparently not = tribe, Deuteronomy 33:3 read עַמּוֺ Di Dr, Hosea 10:14; Judges 5:8, Judges 5:14 read בְּעָרֶיךָ We Now; see below d].
c. retainers, followers Genesis 14:16; Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7]; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 35:6; Judges 3:18; Judges 8:5; 2 Samuel 15:17; Jeremiah 41:13, Jeremiah 41:14 +.
d. people bearing arms 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:10 +; כָּבֵד ע׳ Numbers 20:20 (JE), i.e. a powerful force; עַם הַצָּבָא Numbers 31:32 (P), הַמִּלְחָמָה ע׳ Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:3, Joshua 8:11; Joshua 10:7; Joshua 11:7 (all J E); so probably Judges 5:8 a (fighting) band; perhaps also Judges 5:14 (read singular ? see GFM Bu).
3. = common people Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:4; Leviticus 4:27 (opposed to ruler Leviticus 4:22), Nehemiah 5:1 (opposed to יְהוּדִים), Nehemiah 7:5 (opposed to rulers).
4. people in general, persons Genesis 50:20 (E), so apparently כָּלהָֿעָם אֲשֶׁר וגו׳ Exodus 33:16 (J), Numbers 11:34 (J), Joshua 5:5 (twice in verse) (D), Judges 9:36 (as singular), Judges 9:37 (as plural), Jeremiah 36:9; persons labouring 1 Kings 9:23; superior persons Job 12:2 (iron.); עַם עוֺלָם Ezekiel 26:20 people of long ago (now in Sh‘eôl).
5. phrases are:
a. (עַמָּהּ, עַמִּי, עַמְּךָ) בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc. Numbers 22:5 (E), Genesis 23:11 (P) Leviticus 19:18 (H), Judges 14:16, Judges 14:17; Ezekiel 33:2, Ezekiel 33:12 +.
b. בְּנֵי הָעָם = common people (see 3.) 2 Kings 23:6; Jeremiah 26:23 +; people in general שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Jeremiah 17:19 i.e. public gate 2 Chronicles 35:5, 2 Chronicles 35:12.
c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 11:19, 2 Kings 11:20; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse) +, Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 44:21; Leviticus 20:2 (H), Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:12, Genesis 23:13 (P); common people Jeremiah 34:19, compare הא׳ דַּלַּת ע׳ 2 Kings 24:14; distinguished from prince Ezekiel 45:22; Ezekiel 46:3, Ezekiel 46:9, from priests Haggai 2:4; Zechariah 7:5; = Canaanites Numbers 14:9 (JE), compare עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 5:25; mixed post-exile population Ezra 4:4.
d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually peoples of the earth Joshua 4:24 (D), 2 Chronicles 32:19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Palestine after exile Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:11; traders Nehemiah 10:31; עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Nehemiah 10:29 [Nehemiah 10:28]; 2 Chronicles 32:13.
e. עַמִּים מִשְׁפְּחוֹת Psalm 96:7 = 1 Chronicles 16:28 (compare Psalm 22:28 [Psalm 22:27]).
f. בַּתעַֿמִּי = people personified Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11 + 7 times Jeremiah + Jeremiah 6:14 (van d. H.; omit בַּת Baer Gi), Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 4:3, Lamentations 4:6, Lamentations 4:10; בְּתוּלַת בַּתעַֿמִּי Jeremiah 14:17.
g. designations of Israel are: עַם־קָדוֹשׁ Deuteronomy 7:6 + 3 times, קְדוֺשִׁים ע׳ Daniel 8:24, (ה)קֹדֶשׁ ע׳ Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 12:7; סְגֻלָּה ע׳ Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18.
h. of foreign (non-Israel) peoples: ע׳ נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 (E), אַחֵר ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:32, and especially from language, עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה ע׳ Ezekiel 3:5 compare Ezekiel 3:6, כִּלְשׁוֺן עַם וָעָם Nehemiah 13:24 compare Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12, לֹעֵג ע׳ Psalm 114:1.
i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Isaiah 10:6, חֶרְמִי ע׳ Isaiah 34:11, מִֿבְחָרָיוע׳ Daniel 11:15, עַמֵּי תּוֺעֵבוֺת הָאֵלֶּה Ezra 9:14; לֹא עַם בִּינוֺת Isaiah 27:11. — For עַםעֿוֺלָם Isaiah 44:7 read (אֹתִיּת) מֵעוֹלָם עַ(עַהִשְׁמִי מִי) Oort Du Kit CheHpt compare PerlesAnal. 40, 64.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5972.
† II. [
עַם]
noun [
masculine]
kinsman **later development of I.
עַם RS
K 58; 2nd ed. 72, (on father's side) (Arabic
paternal uncle, etc., see I.
עמם; compare perhaps Tel Amarna
ammu,
kinsmen (?); on Nabataean
עם ancestor compare Lzb
151, 499; see also especially Nes
Eg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322 f. Krenkel
ib. viii (1888), 280-84); — suffix
עַמִּי in
בֶּןעַֿמִּי (which see), and proper name following; elsewhere plural suffix
עַמֶּיךָ Numbers 27:13;
Numbers 31:2 (
Leviticus 19:16 read
עַמְּךָ Sam), + (possibly)
עֲמָמֶיךָ Judges 5:14;
עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8 +
15 times,
עַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14 +
3 times; read
עַמַּי (for MT
עַמִּי, I.
עַם; compare Krenkel
l.c. 281)
Genesis 49:29 and perhaps
Judges 14:3 (compare
Leviticus 21:14); according to Buhl Kit also
2 Kings 4:13; —
father's kinsmen: וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶלעַֿמָּיו Genesis 25:8 (of joining kinsmen in
Sh‘eôl), so
Genesis 25:17;
Genesis 35:29;
Genesis 49:33;
Numbers 20:24;
Deuteronomy 32:50, compare
Genesis 49:29 (see above),
Numbers 27:13;
Numbers 31:2;
Deuteronomy 32:50 (all P);
וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:4 (severed from living kinsmen), so
Leviticus 7:20,
Leviticus 7:21,
Leviticus 7:25,
Leviticus 7:27;
Leviticus 19:8;
Leviticus 23:29;
Numbers 9:13,
מִקֶּרֶב עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14, compare
Exodus 30:33,
Exodus 30:38;
Leviticus 17:9 (all PH);
מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה Leviticus 21:14 (H), and perhaps
Judges 14:3 (simile I.
עַם : [
םָ֯,
הָּ֯]
מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֺ Leviticus 17:4,
Leviticus 17:10;
Leviticus 18:29+); other combinations
Judges 5:14 (si vera lectio read perhaps
בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ, see I.
עַם 2 d),
Leviticus 21:1,
Leviticus 21:4,
Leviticus 21:15 (H),
Ezekiel 18:18 and (perhaps)
2 Kings 4:13. —
בֶּןעַֿמִּי perhaps =
son of my kinsman; on proper name with
עַם see Gray
Prop. N. 41 ff.
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Genesis
11:6; 11:6; 11:6; 14:16; 17:4; 17:14; 19:4; 23:7; 23:11; 23:12; 23:13; 25:8; 25:8; 25:17; 27:29; 28:3; 32:7; 33:15; 35:6; 35:29; 41:40; 48:4; 49:29; 49:29; 49:33; 50:20
Exodus
1:9; 1:20; 1:20; 1:22; 3:7; 3:7; 5:1; 5:16; 19:5; 20:18; 21:8; 21:8; 22:28; 24:2; 30:33; 30:38; 31:14; 33:16
Leviticus
4:22; 4:27; 7:20; 7:21; 7:25; 7:27; 16:33; 17:4; 17:9; 17:10; 18:29; 19:8; 19:16; 19:18; 20:2; 21:1; 21:4; 21:14; 21:14; 21:15; 23:29
Numbers
9:13; 11:1; 11:12; 11:13; 11:29; 11:34; 14:9; 20:20; 20:24; 21:29; 21:29; 22:5; 27:13; 27:13; 31:2; 31:2; 31:32
Deuteronomy
2:25; 4:6; 7:6; 7:6; 14:2; 26:18; 28:32; 32:50; 32:50; 33:3
Joshua
4:24; 5:5; 8:1; 8:3; 8:11; 8:11; 10:7; 11:7; 17:14; 17:15; 17:17
Judges
1:16; 3:18; 5:8; 5:8; 5:14; 5:14; 5:14; 5:14; 8:5; 9:36; 9:36; 9:37; 14:3; 14:3; 14:16; 14:17; 18:7; 20:2
Ruth
1:10; 1:15; 1:16
1 Samuel
2:24; 9:12; 9:13; 11:11
2 Samuel
13:24; 15:17; 17:29
1 Kings
8:43; 9:23; 20:10
2 Kings
4:13; 4:13; 11:14; 11:18; 11:19; 11:20; 15:5; 16:15; 21:24; 23:6; 24:14
1 Chronicles
5:25; 16:28
2 Chronicles
31:4; 32:13; 32:19; 35:5; 35:12
Ezra
4:4; 9:14; 10:2; 10:11
Nehemiah
5:1; 7:5; 9:10; 9:22; 9:24; 9:30; 10:28; 10:31; 13:24; 13:24
Esther
1:22; 3:12
Job
12:2
Psalms
22:27; 45:10; 74:14; 96:7; 107:32; 114:1
Proverbs
30:25; 30:26
Isaiah
2:3; 10:6; 22:4; 27:11; 34:11; 44:7; 62:12; 63:18
Jeremiah
4:11; 5:31; 6:14; 8:5; 8:5; 14:17; 17:19; 21:7; 22:4; 26:23; 29:16; 29:25; 34:19; 36:9; 37:2; 37:12; 41:13; 41:14; 44:21; 46:16; 48:46
Lamentations
2:11; 3:48; 4:3; 4:6; 4:10
Ezekiel
3:5; 3:6; 18:18; 23:24; 26:20; 32:3; 33:2; 33:12; 45:22; 46:3; 46:9
Daniel
8:24; 11:15; 12:7
Hosea
10:14
Joel
2:2
Amos
1:5
Haggai
2:4
Zechariah
7:5