Le'om (לאום) means nation in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
nation
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Le'om.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קבוצת אנשים בעלת זהות משותפת השואפת להגדרה עצמית במסגרת של מדינה ריבונית עם קשר לשטח מסוים.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי גיים [גוֹיִם] בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמָץ וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Le'om is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- לְאֹם
- Written without vowel points
- לאום
- Said
- le'om
- Root
- ל־א־מ
- Pattern
- קְטֹל
- Plural
- לְאֻמִּים
- Inflections
- ר' לְאֻמִּים
- Gematria
- 77
This is how Le'om is said in other languages.
- English
- nation
- Arabic
- أمة
- Russian
- нация
- Spanish
- nación
- German
- Nation
These words mean nearly the same as Le'om.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Le'om.
The word Le'om is part of these phrases and sayings.
- חבר הלאומים
- מדינת לאום
- דגל לאום
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Le'om comes from the root ל־א־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Le'om in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Le'om.
What does Le'om (לאום) mean in Hebrew?
Le'om (לאום) means nation. It is said le'om, with the stress on om.
What is a synonym for Le'om (לאום)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Le'om (לאום) are אומה, עם, and עדה.
What rhymes with Le'om (לאום)?
Words that rhyme with Le'om (לאום) include מקום, אטום, אדום, יום, חום, and דרום.
Is Le'om (לאום) masculine or feminine?
The word Le'om (לאום) is a masculine noun, and its plural is לְאֻמִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לאם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.