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akum

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Presumably from Hebrew עכו״ם (an acronym for the phrase עובד כוכבים ומזלות "worshiper of stars and constellations"), pronounced as a word.

noun akums · akum · akkum

An idolater, a heathen, a nonbeliever
euphemistic A non-Jew (used to avoid censorship in Jewish texts).

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"akum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/akum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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akum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/akum

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"akum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/akum.

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@misc{akum_2026,
  title = {akum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/akum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}