I. עַם, 
עָם 1840 noun masculineGenesis 11:6 (see below) 
people (Late Hebrew 
id., plebeian, common man; 
 עַמָּא people
 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.
    5. phrases are:
    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.
 
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
 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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