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Aramaic
Pronunciation
Noun
עם • (ʿam) m (plural עממין)
- absolute form of עמא
- people, nation
Preposition
עם • (ʕim)
- with
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Compare with Arabic عَامّ (ʕāmm, “general, public”)
Pronunciation
Noun
עַם • (am) m (plural indefinite עַמִּים, singular construct עַם־, plural construct עַמֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָם)
- A nation, a people.
Tanach, Exodus 6:7, with translation of the King James Version:וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לִי לְעָם וְהָיִיתִי לָכֶם לֵאלֹקִים וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי ה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מִתַּחַת סִבְלוֹת מִצְרָיִם׃- And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Usage notes
- The definite form of this noun is הָעָם (ha'ám, “the nation, the people”).
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎓𐎎 (ʿm) and Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).
Pronunciation
Preposition
עִם • (im)
- With: used to indicate togetherness, being together.
Tanach, Genesis 35:6, with translation of the King James Version:וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב לוּזָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן הִוא בֵּית־אֵל הוּא וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ׃- So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
Tanach, 1 Kings 8:57, with translation of the King James Version:יְהִי ד׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ עִמָּנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־אֲבֹתֵינוּ אַל־יַעַזְבֵנוּ וְאַל־יִטְּשֵׁנוּ׃- The L-RD our G-d be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
Tanach, Isaiah 11:6, with translation of the King James Version:וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃- The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
- And also.
- Near to, next to:
Tanach, 1 Samuel 10:2, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וּמָצָאתָ שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים עִם־קְבֻרַת רָחֵל בִּגְבוּל בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֶלְצַח […]- then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah;
Tanach, 2 Samuel 24:16, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וּמַלְאַךְ ד׳ הָיָה עִם־גֹּרֶן הָאֲרַוְנָה [ק] הַיְבֻסִי׃- And the angel of the L-RD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- With, among, at the place of, in the same place as.
Tanach, Genesis 23:4, with translation of the King James Version:גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי׃- I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Tanach, Joshua 20:4, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וְאָסְפוּ אֹתוֹ הָעִירָה אֲלֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ־לוֹ מָקוֹם וְיָשַׁב עִמָּם׃- they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
Tanach, 1 Kings 8:18, with translation of the King James Version:[…] הָיָה עִם־לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱטִיבֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם־לְבָבֶךָ׃- it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
- At the same time.
Tanach, Ezra 1:11, with translation of the King James Version:[…] הַכֹּל הֶעֱלָה שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר עִם הֵעָלוֹת הַגּוֹלָה מִבָּבֶל לִירוּשָׁלִַם׃- All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
- (of an action) For.
Tanach, Genesis 19:19, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת־נַפְשִׁי […]- and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
Tanach, Genesis 29:27, with translation of the King James Version:מַלֵּא שְׁבֻעַ זֹאת וְנִתְּנָה לְךָ גַּם־אֶת־זֹאת בַּעֲבֹדָה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹד עִמָּדִי עוֹד שֶׁבַע־שָׁנִים אֲחֵרוֹת׃- Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
- (of an action) Against.
Tanach, Genesis 32:24, with translation of the King James Version:וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃- And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Tanach, Deuteronomy 20:20, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וּבָנִיתָ מָצוֹר עַל־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־הִוא עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה […]- and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee,
Inflection
- The usual modern forms have been borrowed from the otherwise archaic preposition אֵת, אֶת־ (et, et-, “to, with”) (not to be confused with the direct object marker את (et), which is still in use). The traditional, more regular forms are still in use, but only in formal registers.
Traditional forms (now formal)
Non-personal-pronoun-including form |
עִם (im) |
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular |
Plural |
Masculine |
Feminine |
Masculine |
Feminine |
First person |
עִמִּי (imí) or עִמָּדִי (imadí)1 |
עִמָּנוּ (imánu) |
Second person |
עִמְּךָ (im'khá) |
עִמָּךְ (imákh) |
עִמָּכֶם (imakhém) |
עִמָּכֶן (imakhén) |
Third person |
עִמּוֹ (imó) |
עִמָּהּ (imáh) |
עִמָּהֶם (imahém) or עִמָּם (imám)2 |
עִמָּהֶן (imahén) or עִמָּן (imán)2 |
Notes |
1. Both imí and imadí occur a number of times in the Bible, but today imadí is archaic. 2. Imám is somewhat more common than imahém in the Bible, but today imahém and imahén are more common than imám and imán.
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Synonyms
- (with: indicating being together): את (archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)
- (for: of an action): את (archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)
Derived terms
References
Yiddish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Pronoun
עם • (em)
- (Northeastern) dative/accusative of ער (er): him, to him
- (Northeastern) dative of עס (es): to it
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hebrew עַם (am, “nation”)
Pronunciation
Noun
עם • (am) m, plural עמים (amem)
- nation, people
Derived terms