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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Ugaritic 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn, “foot”) and 𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚 (pảmt, “times”), which possibly split phonologically from the same source.
Pronunciation
Noun
פַּעַם • (pá'am) f (dual indefinite פעמיים / פַּעֲמַיִם, plural indefinite פְּעָמִים, singular construct פַּעַם־, plural construct פַּעֲמֵי־)
- A time: an instance, an occurrence.
- איה כורם, מה יהיה איתי, אמא?
- אמרתי לך פעם שאמא שלך, היא לא ממש אמא נורמלית
- A step, a footstep, a pace: an instance of stepping with the foot.
- A stroke, a beat, as a heartbeat.
- (used adverbially) Once, at one time, in the past.
- (פַּעַם־, pá'am-) singular construct state form of פַּעַם.
Derived terms
References
Verb
פָּעַם • (pa'ám) (pa'al construction)
- To beat, to strike, to knock.
Conjugation
Verb
פיעם / פִּעֵם • (pi'ém) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of פיעם.
References
- “פַּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1080.
- “פעם, פָּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1079.