בעצם

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ts-m)

From בְּ־ (b'-, in, with) +‎ עֶצֶם(־) (étzem(-), bone (of), (-'s) self).

Adverb

בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)

  1. Actually, in fact.

Preposition

בְּעֶצֶם־ (b'étzem-)

  1. 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.

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)

Pronunciation

Adverb

בעצם (betsm)

  1. basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a matter of fact, in essence