לאום
Hebrew
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ל־א־ם (l-ʾ-m) |
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Noun
editלאום / לְאֹם • (l'óm) m (plural indefinite לאומים / לְאֻמִּים)
- nation, people
- Tanach, Genesis 25:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי גֹיִים בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמָץ וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר׃
- vayómer YHVH láh sh'néi goyím b'vitnékh ush'néi l'umím mime'áyikh yiparédu ul'óm mil'óm ye'emáts v'ráv ya'avód tsa'ír.
wayyṓmer YHWY lāh šənē ḡōyīm bəḇiṭnēḵ ūšənē ləʾummīm mimmēʿáyiḵ yippārḗḏū ūləʾōm miləʾōm yeʾĕmāṣ wəraḇ yaʿăḇōḏ ṣāʿīr. - And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- vayómer YHVH láh sh'néi goyím b'vitnékh ush'néi l'umím mime'áyikh yiparédu ul'óm mil'óm ye'emáts v'ráv ya'avód tsa'ír.
Synonyms
edit- אומה / אֻמָּה ('umá)
- גּוֹי (gói)
- עַם ('ám)
Derived terms
edit- לאומי / לְאֻמִּי (l'umí)
References
edit- “לאום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- לאום on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he