Lexical Definition

‎לְאֹם‎ lᵉʼôm (leh-ome') people ^H:N-M
or לְאוֹם lᵉʼôwm (leh-ome'); from an unused root meaning to gather

nation, people.

• a community

1) a people, nation

See Greek: ἄρχων · λαός · φυλή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לְאֹם‎, ‎לְאוֺם‎ noun masculine^{Gen 25:23} people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Gen 25:23 (twice in verse); Prov 14:28, ‎לְאוֺם‎ Prov 11:26 suffix ‎לְאוּמִּי‎ Isa 51:4 plural ‎לְאֻמִּים‎ Gen 25:23 + 28 t.; ‎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: — ‎׳‎‎שְׁאוֺן ל‎ Isa 17:12 (|| ‎הֲמוֺן עמים‎, compare vIsa 17:13 || ‎גּוֺיִם‎ Isa 34:1; Isa 43:9; Ps 2:1; Ps 44:3*; Ps 44:15*; Ps 105:44; Ps 149:7, compare Isa 55:4 (twice in verse) (‎גּוֺי‎ in vIsa 55:5); || ‎עַמִּים‎ Gen 27:29 (J), Hab 2:13; Jer 51:58; Ps 47:4*; Ps 57:10*; Ps 67:5* (twice in verse); Ps 108:4*; Prov 24:24 further Isa 41:1; Isa 49:1 (both || ‎אִיִּים‎), Isa 43:4 (|| ‎אָ֯דָם‎ Isa 60:2 (|| ‎אֶרֶץ‎), Ps 9:9* (|| ‎תֵּבֵל‎), Ps 148:11 (|| ‎מַלְכֵי‎ ‎אֶרֶץ‎, etc.); ‎עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים‎ Ps 7:8*, ‎׳‎‎הֲמוֺן ל‎ Ps 65:8* of any and all peoples Prov 14:34 singular indefinite = people in general, as making public opinion, Prov 11:26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince Prov 14:28 (|| ‎עַם‎).

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