What does קוּם · עַם mean in the Bible?
קוּם · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)".
Hebrew · H6965, H5971
אַלְקוּם עִמּוֹ
To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) · 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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קוּם H6965 to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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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What does אַלְקוּם עִמּוֹ (alqum immo) mean in the Bible?
קוּם · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6965, H5971?
H6965, H5971 is connected to 2,498 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Source Gloss
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 6 Aligned forms 278
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 203×
Imperfect 1Kgs 3:12 · Amos 7:2 · Amos 7:5 · Deut 13:2 · Deut 19:15 · Deut 19:16 · Deut 22:26 · Deut 25:6 · Exod 21:19 · Isa 8:10 · Isa 28:21 · Isa 32:8 · Isa 40:8 · Jer 44:28 · Job 8:15 · Job 11:17 79×
Sequential imperfect 1Chr 22:16 · 1Kgs 17:9 · 1Kgs 19:5 · 1Kgs 19:7 · 1Kgs 21:7 · 1Kgs 21:15 · 1Kgs 21:18 · 1Sam 16:12 · 1Sam 23:4 · 2Kgs 1:3 · 2Sam 19:8 · Deut 9:12 · Deut 10:11 · Exod 32:1 · Ezek 3:22 · Ezra 10:4 71×
Perfect 1Kgs 8:54 · 1Sam 17:48 · 1Sam 20:41 · 1Sam 24:8 · 2Kgs 23:25 · 2Sam 23:10 · Deut 34:10 · Esth 5:9 · Esth 7:7 · Ezek 7:11 · Josh 8:19 · 1Kgs 14:4 · 2Sam 18:32 · Exod 10:23 · Job 29:8 · Josh 3:16 35×
Infinitive construct Amos 5:2 · Isa 24:20 · Lam 1:14 · Ps 18:39 · Ps 36:13 · Ps 127:2 6×
Participle active 2Chr 21:9 · 2Kgs 8:21 · Mic 7:6 · Ps 3:2 4×
Jussive 2Sam 2:14 · Jer 2:28 · Gen 27:31 4×
Cohortative 2Sam 3:21 · Job 19:18 · Song 3:2 3×
Infinitive absolute Jer 44:29 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 63×
Imperfect 1Kgs 2:4 · Deut 18:15 · Deut 27:26 · Eccl 4:10 · Neh 5:13 · Ps 107:29 · 1Sam 3:12 · Amos 9:11 · Deut 18:18 · Gen 17:21 · Jer 30:9 · Deut 16:22 · Deut 22:4 · Deut 28:36 · Exod 40:2 · Deut 27:4 20×
Perfect 1Sam 15:11 · 1Sam 22:8 · Isa 14:9 · Jer 29:15 · Josh 4:9 · Josh 4:20 · Josh 5:7 · Judg 2:18 · Num 30:15 · Prov 30:4 · Isa 23:13 · Jer 34:18 · Jer 35:16 · Judg 7:19 · 1Sam 15:13 · Exod 6:4 17×
Participle active 1Sam 2:8 · 2Sam 12:11 · Amos 6:14 · Gen 9:9 · Hab 1:6 · Isa 44:26 · Jer 50:32 · Ps 113:7 · Zech 11:16 9×
Infinitive construct 1Kgs 12:15 · 2Chr 10:15 · 2Kgs 23:24 · Deut 8:18 · Deut 9:5 · Deut 29:12 · Jer 11:5 · Num 9:15 8×
Sequential imperfect 2Sam 7:25 · 2Sam 24:18 · Ps 119:38 · Jer 51:12 4×
Infinitive absolute Deut 22:4 · Jer 44:25 · Judg 7:19 3×
Jussive 1Sam 1:23 · Jer 28:6 2×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 3×
Perfect 2Sam 23:1 · Exod 40:17 · Jer 35:14 3×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 4×
Perfect Esth 9:27 · Esth 9:31 · Esth 9:32 4×
Polel 4×
Imperfect Isa 44:26 · Isa 58:12 · Isa 61:4 · Mic 2:8 4×
Hithpolel 1×
Participle active Job 20:27 1×
Word Origins
אַלְקוּם עִמּוֹ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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