בְ/עַמִּ֔/י

𐤁/𐤏𐤌/𐤉

veami

against my people

from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

H5971

Ezekiel 21:17 · Word #8

Lexicon H5971

Lemmaעַם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤏𐤌
Transliterationʻam
Strong'sH5971
In-contextagainst my people

Morphology HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H5971-70

and my kin-people

Rootעמם (ʿ-m-m)
Core Meaningskinship, community, companionship, peoplehood, those bound together
Semantic Rangepeople, nation, tribal group, kinsfolk, subjects, populace, community bound by covenant or ethnicity
Conceptual Significanceעַם is a central covenant term, often designating Israel as the people bound to יהוה in covenant relationship. It expresses not merely ethnicity but shared identity, loyalty, and belonging under divine kingship.
Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in construct (עַם) with 1cs pronominal suffix (־ִי, "my"); frequently preceded by the conjunction וְ ("and") or the preposition בְ ("in"). Though singular in form, it is a collective noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun עַם denotes a people viewed as a unified kinship community bound together. The form is masculine singular in construct with a 1st person common singular suffix ("my"), and here carries the prefixed conjunction וְ ("and"), thus "and my kin-people," preserving both the collective sense and the grammatical details.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עמם (kinship, community, companionship, peoplehood, those bound together)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5972-01 am a gathered people
H5971-01 am a kin-group
H5971-03 amam their gathered-people

Word Usage (1870 occurrences of H5971)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 11:6 עַ֤ם am the people
Genesis 14:16 הָ/עָֽם haam the people
Genesis 17:14 מֵ/עַמֶּ֑י/הָ meameyha from his people
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