עַם
ʻam · am
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5971 (עַם)
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
- {a people (as a congregated unit)
- specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)
- hence, (collectively) troops or attendants
- figuratively, a flock}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: people.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- people6 · 40%
- the people5 · 33%
- and people1 · 7%
- of the people1 · 7%
- o people1 · 7%
- to the people1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.