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Lexicon :: Strong's H5971 - ʿam

Aa
עַם
Transliteration
ʿam
Pronunciation
am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1640a,1640e

Strong’s Definitions

עַם ʻam, am; from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:—folk, men, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,862x

The KJV translates Strong's H5971 in the following manner: people (1,836x), nation (17x), people (with H1121) (4x), folk (2x), Ammi (1x), men (1x), each (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,862x
The KJV translates Strong's H5971 in the following manner: people (1,836x), nation (17x), people (with H1121) (4x), folk (2x), Ammi (1x), men (1x), each (1x).

  1. nation, people

    1. people, nation

    2. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

  2. kinsman, kindred

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַם ʻam, am; from H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:—folk, men, nation, people.
STRONGS H5971: Abbreviations
I. עַם, עָם 1840 noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below) people (Late Hebrew id., plebeian, common man; Targum עַמָּא people, plural peoples, tribes, etc.; Syriac bdb076603; Arabic bdb076604see above; original meaning probably those united, connected, related, compare WeGGN 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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version 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׳ Greek Version of the LXX Gie Co Rothst).
b. inhabitants of a locality Jeremiah 37:12 [apparently not = tribe, Deuteronomy 33:3 read עַמּוֺ Greek Version of the LXX 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 RSK 58; 2nd ed. 72, (on father's side) (Arabic bdb076901 paternal uncle, etc., see I. עמם; compare perhaps Tel Amarna ammu, kinsmen (?); on Nabataean עם ancestor compare Lzb151, 499; see also especially NesEg 187, ZAW xvi (1896), 322 f. Krenkelib. 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 Greek Version of the LXX 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 Krenkell.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 GrayProp. N. 41 ff.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

H5971

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Strong's Number H5971 matches the Hebrew עַם (ʿam),
which occurs 53 times in 44 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - Remember, H2142 I beseech thee, H4994 the word H1697 that H834 thou commandedst H6680 thy servant H5650 Moses, H4872 saying, H559 If ye H859 transgress, H4603 I H589 will scatter H6327➔ you H853 abroad ➔H6327 among the nations: H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:10 - Now these H1992 are thy servants H5650 and thy people, H5971 whom H834 thou hast redeemed H6299 by thy H3581➔ great H1419 power, ➔H3581 and by thy H3027➔ strong H2389 hand. ➔H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:6 - So built we H1129 the wall; H2346 and H7194➔ all H3605 the wall H2346 was joined together ➔H7194 unto H5704 the half thereof: H2677 for H1961➔ the people H5971 had ➔H1961 a mind H3820 to work. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - Therefore set I H5975 in H8482➔ the H4725➔ lower ➔H8482 places ➔H4725 behind H310 the wall, H2346 and on the higher places, H6706 I even set H5975 the people H5971 after their families H4940 with H5973 their swords, H2719 their spears, H7420 and their bows. H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - And I looked, H7200 and rose up, H6965 and said H559 unto H413 the nobles, H2715 and to H413 the rulers, H5461 and to H413 the rest H3499 of the people, H5971 Be H3372➔ not H408 ye afraid ➔H3372 of them: H6440 remember H2142 the Lord, H136 which is great H1419 and terrible, H3372 and fight H3898 for H5921 your brethren, H251 your sons, H1121 and your daughters, H1323 your wives, H802 and your houses. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - And I said H559 unto H413 the nobles, H2715 and to H413 the rulers, H5461 and to H413 the rest H3499 of the people, H5971 The work H4399 is great H7235 and large, H7342 and we H587 are separated H6504 upon H5921 the wall, H2346 one H376 far H7350 from another. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - Likewise H1571 at H6256➔ the same H1931 time ➔H6256 said I H559 unto the people, H5971 Let H3885➔ every one H376 with his servant H5288 lodge ➔H3885 within H8432 Jerusalem, H3389 that H1961➔ in the night H3915 they may be ➔H1961 a guard H4929 to us, and H3117➔ labour H4399 on the day. ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - And there was H1961 a H6818➔ great H1419 cry ➔H6818 of the people H5971 and of their wives H802 against H413 their brethren H251 the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - Also H1571 I shook H5287 my lap, H2684 and said, H559 So H3602 God H430 shake out H5287 every H3605 man H376 from his house, H1004 and from his labour, H3018 that H834 performeth H6965 not H3808 this H2088 promise, H1697 even thus H3602 be he H1961 shaken out, H5287 and emptied. H7386 And H559➔ all H3605 the congregation H6951 said, ➔H559 Amen, H543 and praised H1984 the LORD. H3068 And H6213➔ the people H5971 did ➔H6213 according to H1697➔ this H2088 promise. ➔H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the H6346➔ former H7223 governors ➔H6346 that H834 had been before me H6440 were chargeable H3513 unto H5921 the people, H5971 and had taken H3947 of them H1992 bread H3899 and wine, H3196 beside H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 yea, even H1571 their servants H5288 bare rule H7980 over H5921 the people: H5971 but H589➔ so H3651 did H6213 not H3808 I, ➔H589 because H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which H834 was H1961 prepared H6213 for me daily H3117 H259 was one H259 ox H7794 and six H8337 choice H1305 sheep; H6629 also fowls H6833 were prepared H6213 for me, H589 and once in H996 ten H6235 days H3117 store H7235 of all sorts H3605 of wine: H3196 yet for all H5973 this H2088 required H1245➔ not H3808 I ➔H1245 the bread H3899 of the governor, H6346 because H3588 the bondage H5656 was heavy H3513 upon H5921 this H2088 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:19 - Think H2142 upon me, my God, H430 for good, H2896 according to all H3605 that H834 I have done H6213 for H5921 this H2088 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city H5892 was large H7342 H3027 and great: H1419 but the people H5971 were few H4592 therein, H8432 and H369➔ the houses H1004 were not ➔H369 builded. H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 - And H5414➔ my God H430 put ➔H5414 into H413 mine heart H3820 to gather together H6908 the nobles, H2715 and H853 the rulers, H5461 and H853 the people, H5971 that they might be reckoned by genealogy. H3187 And I found H4672 a register H5612 of the genealogy H3188 of them which came up H5927 at the first, H7223 and found H4672 written H3789 therein,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - Who came H935 with H5973 Zerubbabel, H2216 Jeshua, H3442 Nehemiah, H5166 Azariah, H5838 Raamiah, H7485 Nahamani, H5167 Mordecai, H4782 Bilshan, H1114 Mispereth, H4559 Bigvai, H902 Nehum, H5149 Baanah. H1196 The number, H4557 I say, of the men H376 of the people H5971 of Israel H3478 was this;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - And that which H834 the rest H7611 of the people H5971 gave H5414 was twenty H8147 thousand H7239 drams H1871 of gold, H2091 and H3701➔ two thousand H505 pound H4488 of silver, ➔H3701 and H3801➔ threescore H8346 and seven H7651 priests' H3548 garments. ➔H3801

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - So H3427➔ the priests, H3548 and the Levites, H3881 and the porters, H7778 and the singers, H7891 and some of H4480 the people, H5971 and the Nethinims, H5411 and all H3605 Israel, H3478 dwelt ➔H3427 in their cities; H5892 and when H5060➔ the H2320➔ seventh H7637 month ➔H2320 came, ➔H5060 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were in their cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - And H622➔ all H3605 the people H5971 gathered themselves together ➔H622 as H376➔ one H259 man ➔H376 into H413 the street H7339 that H834 was before H6440 the water H4325 gate; H8179 and they spake H559 unto Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 to bring H935 the book H5612 of the law H8451 of Moses, H4872 which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 to Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read H7121 therein before H6440 the street H7339 that H834 was before H6440 the water H4325 gate H8179 from H4480 the morning H216 until H5704 midday, H4276 H3117 before H5048 the men H376 and the women, H802 and those that could understand; H995 and the ears H241 of all H3605 the people H5971 were attentive unto H413 the book H5612 of the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - And H6605➔ Ezra H5830 opened ➔H6605 the book H5612 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the people; H5971 (for H3588 he was H1961 above H5921 all H3605 the people;) H5971 and when he opened it, H6605 all H3605 the people H5971 stood up: H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - And H1288➔ Ezra H5830 blessed ➔H1288 the LORD, H3068 the great H1419 God. H430 And H6030➔ all H3605 the people H5971 answered, ➔H6030 Amen, H543 Amen, H543 with lifting up H4607 their hands: H3027 and they bowed their heads, H6915 and worshipped H7812 the LORD H3068 with H639➔ their faces ➔H639 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - Also Jeshua, H3442 and Bani, H1137 and Sherebiah, H8274 Jamin, H3226 Akkub, H6126 Shabbethai, H7678 Hodijah, H1941 Maaseiah, H4641 Kelita, H7042 Azariah, H5838 Jozabad, H3107 Hanan, H2605 Pelaiah, H6411 and the Levites, H3881 caused H995➔ the people H5971 to understand ➔H995 the law: H8451 and the people H5971 stood in H5921 their place. H5977

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And H559➔ Nehemiah, H5166 which H1931 is the Tirshatha, H8660 and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 the scribe, H5608 and the Levites H3881 that taught H995 the people, H5971 said ➔H559 unto all H3605 the people, H5971 This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 unto the LORD H3068 your God; H430 mourn H56 not, H408 nor H408 weep. H1058 For H3588 all H3605 the people H5971 wept, H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites H3881 stilled H2814 all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559 Hold your peace, H2013 for H3588 the day H3117 is holy; H6918 neither H408 be ye grieved. H6087

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - And H3212➔ all H3605 the people H5971 went their way ➔H3212 to eat, H398 and to drink, H8354 and to send H7971 portions, H4490 and to make H6213 great H1419 mirth, H8057 because H3588 they had understood H995 the words H1697 that H834 were declared H3045 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - And on the H3117➔ second H8145 day ➔H3117 were gathered together H622 the chief H7218 of the fathers H1 of all H3605 the people, H5971 the priests, H3548 and the Levites, H3881 unto H413 Ezra H5830 the scribe, H5608 even to understand H7919 the words H1697 of the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So H3318➔ the people H5971 went forth, ➔H3318 and brought H935 them, and made H6213 themselves booths, H5521 every one H376 upon H5921 the roof of his house, H1406 and in their courts, H2691 and in the courts H2691 of the house H1004 of God, H430 and in the street H7339 of H8179➔ the water H4325 gate, ➔H8179 and in the street H7339 of the gate H8179 of Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:10 - And shewedst H5414 signs H226 and wonders H4159 upon Pharaoh, H6547 and on all H3605 his servants, H5650 and on all H3605 the people H5971 of his land: H776 for H3588 thou knewest H3045 that H3588 they dealt proudly H2102 against them. H5921 So didst thou get H6213 thee a name, H8034 as H3117➔ it is this H2088 day. ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - Moreover thou gavest H5414 them kingdoms H4467 and nations, H5971 and didst divide them H2505 into corners: H6285 so they possessed H3423 the land H776 of Sihon, H5511 and H853 the land H776 of the king H4428 of Heshbon, H2809 and H853 the land H776 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan. H1316

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 - So H935➔ the children H1121 went in ➔H935 and possessed H3423 the land, H776 and thou subduedst H3665 before them H6440 the inhabitants H3427 of the land, H776 the Canaanites, H3669 and gavest them H5414 into their hands, H3027 with H853 their kings, H4428 and H853 the people H5971 of the land, H776 that they might do H6213 with them as they would. H7522

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 - Yet H4900➔ many H7227 years H8141 didst thou forbear ➔H4900 them, H5921 and testifiedst H5749 against them by thy spirit H7307 in H3027 thy prophets: H5030 yet H3808➔ would they H238➔ not ➔H3808 give ear: ➔H238 therefore gavest thou them H5414 into the hand H3027 of the people H5971 of the lands. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - Now therefore, H6258 our God, H430 the great, H1419 the mighty, H1368 and the terrible H3372 God, H410 who keepest H8104 covenant H1285 and mercy, H2617 let H4591➔ not H408 all H3605 the trouble H8513 seem little ➔H4591 before thee, H6440 that H834 hath come upon us, H4672 on our kings, H4428 on our princes, H8269 and on our priests, H3548 and on our prophets, H5030 and on our fathers, H1 and on all H3605 thy people, H5971 since the time H3117 of the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - The chief H7218 of the people; H5971 Parosh, H6551 Pahathmoab, H6355 H6355 Elam, H5867 Zatthu, H2240 Bani, H1137

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest H7605 of the people, H5971 the priests, H3548 the Levites, H3881 the porters, H7778 the singers, H7891 the Nethinims, H5411 and all H3605 they that had separated themselves H914 from the people H5971 of the lands H776 unto H413 the law H8451 of God, H430 their wives, H802 their sons, H1121 and their daughters, H1323 every one H3605 having knowledge, H3045 and having understanding; H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:30 - And that H834 we would H5414➔ not H3808 give ➔H5414 our daughters H1323 unto the people H5971 of the land, H776 nor H3808 take H3947 their daughters H1323 for our sons: H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - And if the people H5971 of the land H776 bring H935 ware H4728 or any H3605 victuals H7668 on H3117➔ the sabbath H7676 day ➔H3117 to sell, H4376 that we would H3947➔ not H3808 buy it ➔H3947 of them H1992 on the sabbath, H7676 or on the H3117➔ holy H6944 day: ➔H3117 and that we would leave H5203 the H8141➔ seventh H7637 year, ➔H8141 and the exaction H4855 of H3027➔ every H3605 debt. ➔H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - And H1486➔ we cast H5307 the lots ➔H1486 among the priests, H3548 the Levites, H3881 and the people, H5971 for H5921 the wood H6086 offering, H7133 to bring H935 it into the house H1004 of our God, H430 after the houses H1004 of our fathers, H1 at times H6256 appointed H2163 year H8141 by year, H8141 to burn H1197 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God, H430 as H3789➔ it is written ➔H3789 in the law: H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 - And H3427➔ the rulers H8269 of the people H5971 dwelt ➔H3427 at Jerusalem: H3389 the rest H7605➔ of the people H5971 also ➔H7605 cast H5307 lots, H1486 to bring H935 one H259 of H4480 ten H6235 to dwell H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 the holy H6944 city, H5892 and nine H8672 parts H3027 to dwell in H5892➔ other cities. ➔H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:2 - And H1288➔ the people H5971 blessed ➔H1288 all H3605 the men, H376 that willingly offered themselves H5068 to dwell H3427 at Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:24 - And Pethahiah H6611 the son H1121 of Meshezabeel, H4898 of the children H1121 of Zerah H2226 the son H1121 of Judah, H3063 was at H3027➔ the king's H4428 hand ➔H3027 in all H3605 matters H1697 concerning the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - And H2891➔ the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 purified themselves, ➔H2891 and purified H2891 the people, H5971 and H853 the gates, H8179 and H853 the wall. H2346

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - And H8426➔ the other H8145 company of them that gave thanks ➔H8426 went H1980 over against H4136 them, and I H589 after them, H310 and the half H2677 of the people H5971 upon H5921 the wall, H2346 from H5921 beyond the tower H4026 of the furnaces H8574 even unto H5704 the H2346➔ broad H7342 wall; ➔H2346

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 they read H7121 in the book H5612 of Moses H4872 in the audience H241 of the people; H5971 and H4672➔ therein was found ➔H4672 written, H3789 that H834 the Ammonite H5984 and the Moabite H4125 should H935➔ not H3808 come ➔H935 into the congregation H6951 of God H430 for H5704 ever; H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - And their children H1121 spake H1696 half H2677 in the speech of Ashdod, H797 and H369➔ could H5234 not ➔H369 speak H1696 in the Jews' language, H3066 but according to the language H3956 of H5971➔ each H5971 people. ➔ H5971
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