Hebrew · H5971, H6440, H127 · unreviewed

מִכָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה

A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.) · soil (from its general redness)

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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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פָּנִים H6440 the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
אֲדָמָה H127 soil (from its general redness)
Pronunciation ʾădāmāh
Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
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What does מִכָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה (mikkol-ha'am asher al-penei ha'adamah) mean in the Bible?

עַם · פָּנִים · אֲדָמָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock".

Full entry for מִכָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה (H5971, H6440, H127) · Browse the biblical lexicon

Meaning

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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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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