עם
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עם¹
- /ʕam/
- [ʕam]
- [ʕaːm]
- /am/ Modern Israeli
- [ʕæm]
Rhymes with -am, -im
Where it comes from
Compare with Arabic عَامّ (ʕāmm, “general, public”), Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”), Aramaic עַמָּא, and Egyptian ꜥꜣm (“an Asian, a member of Semitic tribes”).
עם²
- /im/ Modern Israeli
- /ʕim/
- [ʕim]
Sounds like אם
Where it comes from
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎓𐎎 (ʿm) and, via metathesis, Arabic مَعَ (maʕa) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎓 (mʿ).
preposition עִם · im · איתי · אִתִּי · איתנו
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With: used to indicate togetherness, being together.
וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב לוּזָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן הִוא בֵּית־אֵל הוּא וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ׃
Similar: את
- And also. […] נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם־יְפֵה מַרְאֶה׃.
- Near to, next to […] וּמָצָאתָ שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים עִם־קְבֻרַת רָחֵל בִּגְבוּל בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֶלְצַח […]
- With, among, at the place of, in the same place as. גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי׃
- At the same time. […] הַכֹּל הֶעֱלָה שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר עִם הֵעָלוֹת הַגּוֹלָה מִבָּבֶל לִירוּשָׁלִַם׃
- For. […] וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת־נַפְשִׁי […]
- Against. וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃
Similar: את
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In English
Talk about this word "עם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A2%D7%9D. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. עם. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A2%D7%9D "עם." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A2%D7%9D.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {עם},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A2%D7%9D},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
