Return to Question

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

They are all refering to Israel and the other people in the world; but how do i understand them when used in biblical references?

Examples of possible answers i was thinking of:

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarc)

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

They are all refering to Israel and the other people in the world; but how do i understand them when used in biblical references?

Examples of possible answers I was thinking of:

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history, etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarch)

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

Examples of possible answers i was thinking of:

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarc)

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

They are all refering to Israel and the other people in the world; but how do i understand them when used in biblical references?

Examples of possible answers i was thinking of:

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarc)

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

Possible answer?

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarc)

What definitions fit the most with these words:

לאם/לאום (l'om) עם (am) גוי (goy) ממלכה (mamlachah)

Examples of possible answers i was thinking of:

• unified body of individuals; a group of people bound together
• a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history etc.
• an organized community living under a unified political system, the government
• kingdom (A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarc)