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2 Kings 25:22
“And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5971 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- Derivation
- from H6004 (עָמַם);
- KJV renderings
- folk, men, nation, people.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- עָ֗ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1,870 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:6Genesis 14:16Genesis 17:14Genesis 17:16Genesis 19:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.