What does בַּת · עַם mean in the Bible?
בַּת · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "daughter of my people".
Hebrew · H1323, H5971
בַּת־עַמִּי
A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) · a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock
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בַּת H1323 a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Pronunciation bat
Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
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עַם H5971 a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock
Pronunciation am
Collective body unified by kinship or covenant; Israel's foundational term for God's chosen people as organic whole.
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What does בַּת־עַמִּי (bat-ammi) mean in the Bible?
בַּת · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "daughter of my people".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1323, H5971?
H1323, H5971 is connected to 2,460 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. daughter of my people
Strong's H1323, H5971
Lexical occurrences 2,460 verses Source Gloss
daughter of my people
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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