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Isaiah 9:1

“Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.” (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: הָ — particle (definite article)
עָם֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HTd/Ncmsa
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 2

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.