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title: עַם — people · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עַם (lemma:עַם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 15 times: people. BDB 1906: n.m. people. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַם

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«עַם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **people** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** lemma:עַם · **BDB:** עַם

### Glosses

the (9); people (2); O (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

people [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. people [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 6:12 people (v. BH I. עמם, עַם);—ע׳ abs. Dn 2:44; 3:29; Ezr 6:12, cstr. Dn 7:27; emph. עַמָּה Ezr 5:12, עַמָּא 7:13, 16, 25; pl. emph. עַמְמַיָּא (K§§ 15 d); 55, 5 a)) Dn 3:4, 7(×2), 31; 5:19; 6:26; 7:14.

### Jastrow 1903

עַם: to press, crowd, join gathering, crowd, people gentiles [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5dd/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** עמם to press, crowd, join) gathering, crowd, people. Snh. 94ᵇ, v. עָיֵף. Men. 53ᵇ יבא זח … לעם זו let ‘this one’ (Moses) come and receive ‘this’ (the Law) … for ‘this people’ (Israel); a. fr.—עם הארץ, v. אֶרֶץ.—Pl. עַמִּים gentiles. Sabb. 14ᵇ, a. fr. על ארץ הע׳ concerning (importations from) heathen countries. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵇ bot.; a. fr.—V. עֲמָם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.4/)

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וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the herald \[was\].proclaiming with power to you \[they.are\].saying O peoples (the) nations and (the) languages

*JPS 1917:* And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

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[Daniel 3:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/)

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[are\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.

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