לְאֹם
lᵉʼôm · H3816 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences
Meanings
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people
A large body of people united by common descent, religion, or language
ExamplesGenesis 25:23 And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people will be stronger than the other; And the older will serve the younger.”
Genesis 27:29 May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.”
Proverbs 11:26 One who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 1
What it doesIt is the subject
11 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דִּיןto judge 1
- רָעַעto do evil, to act wickedly, to do harm 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
8 occurrences in 8 groups
- הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
- חֵסֵדsteadfast love, kindness, loyalty 1
- עֵדwitness 1
- עֵדָהcongregation, community 1
- עָמָלtoil, trouble 1
- אֶפֶסthere is not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἔθνος éthnos · G1484 · nation, people, heathen
- Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, G1484) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew לְאֹם (lᵉʼôm, H3816), both denoting a people-group or nation; the Greek term's specialized NT sense of 'Gentile/pagan nations' (as distinct from Israel) reflects contextual usage rather than a core semantic difference from the Hebrew's general 'nation, people' meaning.
- λαός laós · G2992 · nation, people, people of God
- Greek λαός (laós, G2992) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew לְאֹם (lᵉʼôm, H3816), both denoting 'nation' or 'people' as a collective ethnic/political group, with λαός carrying the broader sense of 'a people in general' that maps naturally to לְאֹם's own general-people semantics.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Groups001001003004
- This word denotes a nation or people as a collective group, so it belongs among terms for groups of people.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3816. leom לְאוֺם לְאֹם, noun masculineGen 25:23 people, in poetry and chiefly late; —…
לְאוֺם לְאֹם, noun masculineGen 25:23 people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ׳ל absolute Gen 25:23 (twice in verse); Pro 14:28, לְאוֺם Pro 11:26; suffix לְאוּמִּי Isa 51:4; plural לְאֻמִּים Gen 25:23 Gen 25:28t.; לְאוּמִים Isa 55:4; — people, both of Israel and of Edom, Gen 25:23 (3 t. in verse) (J; Jacob and Esau; || גּוֺי); elsewhere of Israel only Isa 51:4 (singular || עַם); usually plural of other peoples: — ל ׳שְׁאוֺן Isa 17:12 (|| עמים הֲמוֺן, compare Isa 17:13; || גּוֺיִם Isa 34:1; Isa 43:9; Psa 2:1; Psa 44:3; Psa 44:15; Psa 105:44; Psa 149:7, compare Isa 55:4 (twice in verse) (גּוֺי in Isa 55:5); || עַמִּים Gen 27:29 (J), Hab 2:13; Jer 51:58; Psa 47:4; Psa 57:10; Psa 67:5 (twice in verse); Psa 108:4; Pro 24:24; further Isa 41:1; Isa 49:1 (both || אִיִּים), Isa 43:4 (|| אָ֯דָם Isa 60:2 (|| אֶרֶץ), Psa 9:9 (|| תֵּבֵל), Psa 148:11 (|| אֶרֶץ מַלְכֵי, etc.); לְאֻמִּים עֲדַת Psa 7:8, ל ׳הֲמוֺן Psa 65:8; of any and all peoples Pro 14:34; singular indefinite = people in General, as making public opinion, Pro 11:26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince Pro 14:28 (|| עַם).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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