פעם

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פעם

/ˈpa.(ʔ)am/ Modern Israeli
/pa.ˈ(ʔ)am/ Modern Israeli
/peˈ(ʔ)em/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -am

Where it comes from

Compare Ugaritic 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn, “foot”) and 𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚 (pảmt, “times”), which possibly split phonologically from the same source.

noun פַּעַם · pá'am · פעמיים · פַּעֲמַיִם · פְּעָמִים · פַּעַם־

A time: an instance, an occurrence. איה כורם, מה יהיה איתי, אמא? אמרתי לך פעם שאמא שלך, היא לא ממש אמא נורמלית
A step, a footstep, a pace: an instance of stepping with the foot.
A stroke, a beat, as a heartbeat.
adverbial Once, at one time, in the past. 2021 October 21, Hagit Ginzburg, “‘ילדות סכסכניות’: מכתב אהבה לבת ה־20 המבולבלת שהיית פעם” (“y'ladót sakhs'khaniyót”: mikhtáv ahavá l'vát ha-20 ham'vulbélet shehayít pá'am, “‘Argumentative Girls’: a love letter to the confused 20-year-old you used to be”), Haaretz.
construct, singular singular construct state form of פַּעַם

verb פָּעַם · pa'ám · לפעום · לִפְעֹם · פְּעִימָה · -

construction pa'al To beat, to strike, to knock.

verb פיעם · פִּעֵם · pi'ém

construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of פיעם

In English

time instance or occurrence
once formerly
-fold used to make adjectives

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {פעם},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}