לם

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Arabic

Particle

לם (transliteration needed)

  1. 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)

  1. Alternative form of לָהֶם (lahém)