לְאֹם

לְאֹם, לְאוֺם noun masculine^{1 Mos 25,23} people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ׳ל absolute 1 Mos 25,23 (twice in verse); Ord 14,28, לְאוֺם Ord 11,26 suffix לְאוּמִּי Es 51,4 plural לְאֻמִּים 1 Mos 25,23 + 28 t.; לְאוּמִים Es 55,4 — people, both of Israel and of Edom, 1 Mos 25,23 (3 t. in verse) (J; Jacob and Esau; || גּוֺי); elsewhere of Israel only Es 51,4 (singular || עַם); usually plural of other peoples: — ׳שְׁאוֺן ל Es 17,12 (|| הֲמוֺן עמים, compare vEs 17,13 || גּוֺיִם Es 34,1; Es 43,9; Sl 2,1; Sl 44,3; Sl 44,15; Sl 105,44; Sl 149,7, compare Es 55,4 (twice in verse) (גּוֺי in vEs 55,5); || עַמִּים 1 Mos 27,29 (J), Hab 2,13; Jer 51,58; Sl 47,4; Sl 57,10; Sl 67,5 (twice in verse); Sl 108,4; Ord 24,24 further Es 41,1; Es 49,1 (both || אִיִּים), Es 43,4 (|| אָ֯דָם Es 60,2 (|| אֶרֶץ), Sl 9,9 (|| תֵּבֵל), Sl 148,11 (|| מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ, etc.); עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים Sl 7,8, ׳הֲמוֺן ל Sl 65,8 of any and all peoples Ord 14,34 singular indefinite = people in general, as making public opinion, Ord 11,26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince Ord 14,28 (|| עַם).