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Hebrew
Etymology
From בְּ־ (b'-, “in, with”) + עֶצֶם(־) (étzem(-), “bone (of), (-'s) self”).
Adverb
בְּעֶצֶם • (b'étzem)
- Actually, in fact.
Preposition
בְּעֶצֶם־ • (b'étzem-)
- By ___self, on ___'s own, without assistance.
- 2009 December 5, צפריר רינת (tzafrír rinat), “” (v'idát kopenhagen | káma d'rakhím shetokh'lú la'asót b'atzm'khém l'hafkhatát p'litát gazéi khamamá, “Copenhagen Conference | Some Ways You Can Do by Yourselves for a Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions”), in הארץ (“Haaretz”).
Usage notes
- By its nature, this preposition only takes a personal pronoun as its object, such that it is only found in its inflected forms.
Inflection
Inflection table
| Non-personal-pronoun-including form |
בְּעֶצֶם־ (b'étzem) |
Personal-pronoun-
including forms |
Singular |
Plural |
| Masculine |
Feminine |
Masculine |
Feminine |
| First person |
בְּעַצְמִי (b'atzmí) |
בעצמנו (b'atzméinu) |
| Second person |
בעצמך (b'atzm'khá) |
בעצמך (b'atzmékh) |
בעצמכם (b'atzm'khém) |
בעצמכן (b'atzm'khén) |
| Third person |
בעצמו (b'atzmó) |
בעצמה (b'atzmáh) |
בעצמם (b'atzmám) |
בעצמן (b'atzmán) |
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)
Pronunciation
Adverb
בעצם • (betsm)
- basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a matter of fact, in essence