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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
אַתֶּם • (atém) m pl
- You, y'all, you guys: the second-person masculine plural subject pronoun.
See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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אֲנִי (aní),
אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1]
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אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu),
אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2]
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| 2nd person
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m
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אַתָּה (atá)
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אַתֶּם (atém)
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| f
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אַתְּ (at)
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אַתֶּן (atén)
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| 3rd person
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m
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הוּא (hu)
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הֵם (hem)[PP 3]
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| f
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הִיא (hi)
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הֵן (hen)[PP 3]
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- ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
- ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
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Preposition
אתם • (transliteration needed)
- (אֹתָם, otám) Form of את (et) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: them (as a direct object).
- (אִתָּם, itám) Form of את (et) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling, form of עם (im) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: with them.
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