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Arabic
Particle
לם • (transliteration needed)
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَمْ (lam, “not (past tense)”)
c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Exodus 1:8:וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃- waqāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
- And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.
Hebrew
Preposition
לָם • (lám)
- Alternative form of לָהֶם (lahém)