עַמִּי נָדִיב

1. a people, nation (sometimes || גּוֺי), collective noun (singular 2 Mos 21,8; Jos 17,14; Jos 17,15; Jos 17,17; 2 Sam 17,29 + often, or plural 2 Mos 20,15; 2 Mos 24,2; Jer 5,31 + often, or both in same clause 2 Mos 1,20; 2 Sam 13,24): עַם אֶחָד = all mankind 1 Mos 11,6 (J); peoples in general 1 Mos 27,29 (J; || לְאֻמִּים), 2 Mos 19,5 (E), 5 Mos 2,25; 5 Mos 4,6 + often Deuteronomy; Neh 13,24 + often; קְהַל עַמִּים 1 Mos 28,3 (P) an assembly (multitude) of peoples, 1 Mos 48,4 (P), Ezk 23,24; Ezk 32,3 (+ רַבִּים); one's own people Jer 46,16; Sl 45,11; Rut 1,10; Rut 1,15; Rut 1,16 (twice in verse) + (on עַמִּי נָדִיב Hoj 6,12 see especially Bu); particular peoples, Egypt 1 Mos 41,40 (E), 2 Mos 1,22 (E), Neh 9,10 +; עַםאֲֿרָם Amos 1,5 עַםכְּֿמוֺשׁ (i.e. Moab) 4 Mos 21,29 (JE), Jer 48,46 but especially Israel 2 Mos 1,20 (E) + often; ׳עַםבְּֿנֵי יִשׂ v2 Mos 1,9 (J); called יהוה ׳ע 4 Mos 11,29 (E), 1 Sam 2,24 +, and (by ׳י) עַמִּי 2 Mos 3,7; 2 Mos 5,1 (J) + often (all periods); קְהַל עַםהָֿאֱלֹהִים Dom 20,2, עַםהַֿקָּהָל 3 Mos 16,33 (P), קְהַל עָם Sl 107,32 especially הָעָם הַזֶּה (often in contempt or disgust) 4 Mos 11,1; 4 Mos 11,12; 4 Mos 11,13 +; figurative of ants Ord 30,25, the shaphan vOrd 30,26, locusts Joel 2,2, compare לְעַם לְצִיִּים Sl 74,14 (where read לְעַם צִיִּים Hup-Now). — On Dom 1,16 see עֲמָלֵקִי.

2. = smaller units, e.g.
\ \ a. inhabitants of a city 1 Mos 19,4 (J), 1 Sam 9,12; 1 Sam 9,13; Jer 29,16; Jer 29,25; 2 Kron 31,4 + (Jer 8,5 strike out ׳יְרוּוּשׁ ᵐ5 Gie Co Rothst).
\ \ b. inhabitants of a locality Jer 37,12 [apparently not = tribe, 5 Mos 33,3 read עַמּוֺ ᵐ5 Di Dr, Hos 10,14; Dom 5,8; Dom 5,14 read בְּעָרֶיךָ We Now; see below ד].
\ \ c. retainers, followers 1 Mos 14,16; 1 Mos 32,8; 1 Mos 33,15; 1 Mos 35,6; Dom 3,18; Dom 8,5; 2 Sam 15,17; Jer 41,13; Jer 41,14 +.
\ \ d. people bearing arms 1 Sam 11,11; 1 Kong 20,10 +; כָּבֵד ׳ע 4 Mos 20,20 (JE), i.e. a powerful force; עַם הַצָּבָא 4 Mos 31,32 (P), הַמִּלְחָמָה ׳ע Jos 8,1; Jos 8,3; Jos 8,11; Jos 10,7; Jos 11,7 (all J E); so probably Dom 5,8 a (fighting) band; perhaps also vDom 5,14 (read singular ? see GFM Bu).

3. = common people Jer 21,7; Jer 22,4; 3 Mos 4,27 (opposed to ruler v3 Mos 4,22), Neh 5,1 (opposed to יְהוּדִים), Neh 7,5 (opposed to rulers).

4. people in general, persons 1 Mos 50,20 (E), so apparently ׳כָּלהָֿעָם אֲשֶׁר וגו 2 Mos 33,16 (J), 4 Mos 11,34 (J), Jos 5,5 (twice in verse) (D), Dom 9,36 (as singular), vDom 9,37 (as plural), Jer 36,9 persons labouring 1 Kong 9,23 superior persons Job 12,2 (iron.); עַם עוֺלָם Ezk 26,30 people of long ago (now in Sh®°ôl).

5. phrases are:
\ \ a. (עַמָּהּ, עַמִּי, עַמְּךָ) בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ members of one's people, compatriots, fellow-countrymen, etc. 4 Mos 22,5 (E), 1 Mos 23,11 (P) 3 Mos 19,18 (H), Dom 14,16; Dom 14,17; Ezk 33,2; Ezk 33,12 +.
\ \ b. בְּנֵי הָעָם = common people (see 3) 2 Kong 23,6; Jer 26,23 +; people in general שַׁעַר בְּנֵי הָעָם Jer 17,19 i.e. public gate 2 Kron 35,5; 2 Kron 35,12.
\ \ c. עַם הָאָרֶץ the people at large, as a body 2 Kong 11,14; 2 Kong 11,18; 2 Kong 11,19; 2 Kong 11,20; 2 Kong 15,5; 2 Kong 16,15; 2 Kong 21,24 (twice in verse) +, Jer 37,2; Jer 44,21; 3 Mos 20,2 (H), 1 Mos 23,7; 1 Mos 23,12; 1 Mos 23,13 (P); common people Jer 34,19, compare ׳הא ׳דַּלַּת ע 2 Kong 24,14 distinguished from prince Ezk 45,22; Ezk 46,3; Ezk 46,9, from priests Hag 2,4; Zak 7,5 = Canaanites 4 Mos 14,9 (JE), compare עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ 1 Kron 5,25 mixed post-exile population Ezr 4,4.
\ \ d. עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ usually peoples of the earth Jos 4,24 (D), 2 Kron 32,19 +; of heathen peoples about and in Palestine after exile Ezr 10,2; Ezr 10,11 traders Neh 10,31 עַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֺת Neh 9,30; Neh 10,29; 2 Kron 32,13.
\ \ e. מִשְׁפְּחוֺת עַמִּים Sl 96,7 = 1 Kron 16,28 (compare Sl 22,28). feminine בַּתעַֿמִּי = people personified Es 22,4; Jer 4,11 + 7 t. Jeremiah + Jer 6,14 (van d. H.; omit בַּת Baer Gi), Klg 2,11; Klg 3,48; Klg 4,3; Klg 4,6; Klg 4,10 בְּתוּלַת בַּתעַֿמִּי Jer 14,17.
\ \ g. designations of Israel are: עַםקָֿרוֺשׁ 5 Mos 7,6 + 3 t., קְדוֺשִׁים ׳ע Dan 8,24, (ה)קֹדֶשׁ ׳ע Es 62,12; Es 63,18; Dan 12,7 סְגֻלָּה ׳ע 5 Mos 7,6; 5 Mos 14,2; 5 Mos 26,18.
\ \ h. of foreign (non-Israel) peoples: ׳ע נָכְרִי 2 Mos 21,8 (E), אַחֵר ׳ע 5 Mos 28,32, and especially from language, עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה ׳ע Ezk 3,5 compare vEzk 3,6, כִּלְשׁוֺן עַם וָעָם Neh 13,24 compare Est 1,22 (twice in verse); Est 3,12, לֹעֵג ׳ע Sl 114,1.
\ \ i. עַם עֶבְרָתִי Es 10,6, חֶרְמִי ׳ע Es 34,11, מִֿבְחָרָיו׳ע Dan 11,15, עַמֵּי תּוֺעֵבוֺת הָאֵלֶּה Ezr 9,14 לֹא עַם בִּינוֺת Es 27,11. — For עַםעֿוֺלָם Es 44,7 read (אֹתִיּוֺת) (מִי הִשְׁמִי)עַ מֵעוֺלָם Oort Du Kit Che^Hpt compare Perles^{Anal. 40, 64}.