כלום

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כלום

/klum/ Modern Israeli
/kă.ˈlum/

Rhymes with -um

Where it comes from

The popular folk etymology כְּ־ (k'-, “like”, comparative prefix) + *לוּם (lúm), a supposedly rare word meaning "olive pit", thus "something as small as an olive pit; anything at all," is unsupported.

pronoun כְּלוּם · k'lum

anything
Similar: שום דבר

particle כְּלוּם · k'lum

archaic Used to turn a statement of fact into a question of fact. Talmud Bavli, Maseches Pesachim 87b כלום אדם זורע סאה אלא להכניס כמה כורין
Similar: הֲ־, הֲאִם

In English

nil nothing
nothing not any thing

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MLA

"כלום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

כלום. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D

Chicago

"כלום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {כלום},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}