What does לְאֹם mean in the Bible?
לְאֹם is a Hebrew word meaning "a community".
Hebrew · H3816
לְאֹם
A community
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לְאֹם H3816
What does לְאֹם mean in the Bible?
לְאֹם is a Hebrew word meaning "a community".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3816?
The BSB source-word alignment has 31 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include peoples (4), and nations (3), the nations (3), and the peoples (2), the people (2).
Where does לְאֹם appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 25:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (11), Psalms (10), Genesis (4), Proverbs (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It peoples 4× Genesis 25:23, Psalms 7:7, Psalms 148:11, Isaiah 49:1
and nations 3× Genesis 27:29, Proverbs 24:24, Isaiah 43:4
the nations 3× Psalms 67:4, Isaiah 17:13, Jeremiah 51:58
and the peoples 2× Psalms 2:1, Isaiah 43:9
the people 2× Psalms 9:8, Proverbs 11:26
. . . 1× Psalms 105:44
[is over] the peoples 1× Isaiah 60:2
and let the peoples 1× Isaiah 41:1
and peoples 1× Psalms 47:3
and the nations 1× Habakkuk 2:13
Let the nations 1× Psalms 67:4
My nation 1× Isaiah 51:4
nations 1× Isaiah 17:12
O peoples 1× Isaiah 34:1
of subjects 1× Proverbs 14:28
of the nations 1× Psalms 65:7
of the peoples 1× Isaiah 55:4
one people 1× Genesis 25:23
than the other 1× Genesis 25:23
the peoples 1× Psalms 44:2
to any people 1× Proverbs 14:34
to the nations 1× Isaiah 55:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 25:23 לְאֻמִּ֔ים to peoples Noun - masculine plural Genesis 25:23 וּלְאֹם֙ to one people Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 25:23 מִלְאֹ֣ם to than the other Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 27:29 לְאֻמִּ֔ים to and nations Noun - masculine plural Psalms 2:1 וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים to and the peoples Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Psalms 7:7 לְ֭אֻמִּים to peoples Noun - masculine plural Psalms 9:8 לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים to the people Noun - masculine plural Psalms 44:2 לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים to the peoples Noun - masculine plural Psalms 47:3 וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים to and peoples Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Psalms 65:7 לְאֻמִּֽים׃ to of the nations Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 25:23
Aligned rows 31
Books represented 6
Genesis 4 Psalms 10 Proverbs 4 Isaiah 11 Jeremiah 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים 4x ū·lə·’um·mîm Isaiah 34:1, Isaiah 41:1, Isaiah 43:4, Habakkuk 2:13
לְאֻמִּ֔ים 4x lə·’um·mîm Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 43:9
לְאֻמִּֽים׃ 3x lə·’um·mîm Psalms 65:7, Proverbs 24:24, Isaiah 55:4
וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים 2x ū·lə·’um·mîm Psalms 2:1, Psalms 47:3
לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים 2x lə·’um·mîm Psalms 9:8, Psalms 44:2
לְאֻמִּ֣ים 2x lə·’um·mîm Psalms 105:44, Proverbs 14:34
לְאֻמִּ֑ים 2x lə·’um·mîm Psalms 148:11, Isaiah 60:2
וּלְאוּמִּ֖י 1x ū·lə·’ūm·mî Isaiah 51:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural 18x Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Psalms 7:7, Psalms 9:8
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 8x Psalms 2:1, Psalms 47:3, Psalms 67:4, Isaiah 34:1
Noun - masculine singular 2x Proverbs 11:26, Proverbs 14:28
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 25:23
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Isaiah 51:4
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 25:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a community
Source Gloss
a community
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a community BDB: people Usage: nation, people.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain