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Genesis 11:6

וַ יֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְ שָׂפָה אַחַת לְ כֻלָּם וְ זֶה הַחִלָּם לַ עֲשֹׂות וְ עַתָּה לֹא יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַ עֲשֹׂות
And Yahweh is saying, `Behold, a people436 of one, and an edge of one to their whole, and this one is their untying to make; and now, nothing is being cut off from them, the whole of which they are planning to make.
436

Strong’s #5971, am. Singular noun. This is defined as a people. The root amam (#6004) to gather together, join together. It also means to shut/conceal and to dim. Used over 1800 times. Cf. Gesenius, Feurst.