עם

See also: עמ׳‎

Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕam/

Noun

עם • (ʿam) m (plural עממין‎)

  1. absolute form of עמא
    1. people, nation

Preposition

עם • (ʕim)

  1. with

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ע־מ־ם‎ (ʿ-m-m)

Pronunciation

Noun

עַם • (am) m (plural indefinite עַמִּים‎, singular construct עַם־, plural construct עַמֵּי־‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A nation, a people.
    • 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)

  1. With: used to indicate togetherness, being together.
    • 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.
    • Judges 4:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏[…] וַתַּעַל עִמּוֹ דְּבוֹרָה׃‎‎
      […] and Deborah went up with him.
    • 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:
    • 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.
  2. And also.
    • 1 Samuel 17:42, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏[…] נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם־יְפֵה מַרְאֶה׃.‎‎
      […] but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
  3. Near to, next to:
    • 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; […]
    • 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.
  4. With, among, at the place of, in the same place as.
    • 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.
    • Genesis 32:5, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏[…] עִם־לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד־עָתָּה׃‎‎
      […] I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
    • 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.
    • 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.
  5. At the same time.
    • 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.
  6. (of an action) For.
    • 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; […]
    • Genesis 20:13, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏[…] זֶה חַסְדֵּךְ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂי עִמָּדִי […]‎
      […] This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; […]
    • 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.
  7. (of an action) Against.
    • 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.
    • 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.
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

Pronunciation

  • (Litvish) IPA(key): /ɛm/

Pronoun

עם • (em)

  1. (Litvish) dative/accusative of ער‎ (er): him, to him
  2. (Litvish) dative of עס‎ (es): to it
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