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Deuteronomy 2:21
“A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עַםʻam · am
H5971 · Hebrew
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
- עַ֣ם — 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.