The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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עַם עַמָּא‏ n.m. people

related group of people, nation Com. Ezra6:12 : כָּל־מֶלֶךְ וְעַם‏ any king or nation. pl. : gentiles Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, Man. TgJ Ez37:28 : וְיִדְעוּן עַמְמַיָא אֲרֵי אֲנָא יוי מְקַדֵיש יָת יִשרָאֵל‏ .

people, folks Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. PJ Gen47:21 : עמא דמדינתא‏ the people of the city. kl ˁmˀ : everyone JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TN Gen35:6 : הוא וכל עמא די עמיה‏ he and everyone with him. PJ Ex11:8 : פוק אנת וכל עמא דעימך‏ .

Normally with singular concord for the singular form, however JLA targumim follow a pattern in which concord with an adjective is almost always in the singular, but with a verb it is treated as a plural.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 410a; DJBA: 869b; Jastrow: 1086; Levy Ch-W: 2:222; Tal Sam: 644; DNWSI: 864; DJA: 71a; Cook,Qumran: 183;

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Derivatives:

byt ˁm, byt ˁmˀ n.m. public hall

br ˁmmyn n.m. gentile

ˁm dˀrˁ, ˁm ˀrˁˀ n.m. common person

ˁmm n.m. gentile, non-Jew

ˁmmy (ˁamməmāy) adj. gentile