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Hosea 4:12

“My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עַםʻam · am
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: עַמִּ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י֙ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 1,870 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:6 Genesis 14:16 Genesis 17:14 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 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.

Verse 11 Verse 13

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.