עצם
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ts-m) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-. Cognate with Arabic عظم and Aramaic עטמא.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈetsem/
- (Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕesˀem/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʕ)etsem/, [ˈŋetsem]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕæsˀæm/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕɛsˀɛm/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕasˀm/
Noun
[edit]עֶצֶם • (étsem) m (plural indefinite עֲצָמוֹת, plural construct עַצְמוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Derived terms
[edit]- מֹחַ עֶצֶם (moakh étsem)
Noun
[edit]עֶצֶם • (étsem) m (plural indefinite עֲצָמִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- a thing, object
- gist, essence
- זהו עצם העניין.
- zéhu étsem ha'inyán.
- That is the essence of the thing.
- exact
- וְהֵם חָיוּ בְּאוֹשֶׁר וְעוֹשֶׁר עָד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
- v'hém khayú b'ósher v'ósher ad étzem hayóm hazé.
- And they lived happily ever after. [literally: And they lived in happiness and wealth to this very day.]
- (with possessive suffix) self
- ראיתי את עצמי בראי.
- raíti et atsmí bar'í.
- I saw myself in the mirror.
- 2013, נתן גושן, ליבי:
- ,הנה אני לא דומה לעצמי לא דומה גם למה שהייתי
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (philosophy) substance
Declension
[edit]Declension of עֶצֶם
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | עֶצֶם | first | עַצְמִי | עַצְמֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָעֶצֶם | second | עַצְמְךָ | עַצְמֵךְ | עַצְמְכֶם | עַצְמְכֶן | |
construct | עֶצֶם־ | third | עַצְמוֹ | עַצְמָהּ | עַצְמָם | עַצְמָן | |
plural | indefinite | עֲצָמוֹת | first | עצמותיי / עַצְמוֹתַי | עַצְמוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָעֲצָמוֹת | second | עַצְמוֹתֶיךָ | עצמותייך / עַצְמוֹתַיִךְ | עַצְמוֹתֵיכֶם | עַצְמוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | עַצְמוֹת־ | third | עַצְמוֹתָיו | עַצְמוֹתֶיהָ | עַצְמוֹתָם | עַצְמוֹתָן |
Derived terms
[edit]- בְּעֶצֶם (b'étsem)
- עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה ('ad 'étzem hayóm hazé)
- עַצְמוּת (átsmut)
- עֶצֶם בִּלְתִּי מְזוּהֶה (étsem biltí m'zuhé)
- שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ (sha'ál et atsmó)
- שֵׁם עֶצֶם (shem étsem)
Verb
[edit]עָצַם • ('atsám) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱצַם)
- to close (one's eyes)
- אפרת גוש, לראות את האור
- עצמתי עיני אטמתי ליבי
- אפרת גוש, לראות את האור
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of עָצַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | עָצַמְתִּי | עָצַמְנוּ | ||
second | עָצַמְתָּ | עָצַמְתְּ | עֲצַמְתֶּם1 | עֲצַמְתֶּן1 | |
third | עָצַם | עָצְמָה | עָצְמוּ | ||
present | עוֹצֵם | עוֹצֶמֶת | עוֹצְמִים | עוֹצְמוֹת | |
future | first | אעצום / אֶעֱצֹם | נעצום / נַעֲצֹם | ||
second | תעצום / תַּעֲצֹם | תַּעַצְמִי | תַּעַצְמוּ | תעצומנה / תַּעֲצֹמְנָה2 | |
third | יעצום / יַעֲצֹם | תעצום / תַּעֲצֹם | יַעַצְמוּ | תעצומנה / תַּעֲצֹמְנָה2 | |
imperative | עצום / עֲצֹם | עִצְמִי | עִצְמוּ | עצומנה / עֲצֹמְנָה2 | |
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Verb
[edit]עָצַם • ('atsám) (pa'al construction)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of עָצַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | עָצַמְתִּי | עָצַמְנוּ | ||
second | עָצַמְתָּ | עָצַמְתְּ | עֲצַמְתֶּם1 | עֲצַמְתֶּן1 | |
third | עָצַם | עָצְמָה | עָצְמוּ | ||
present | עוֹצֵם | עוֹצֶמֶת | עוֹצְמִים | עוֹצְמוֹת | |
future | first | אֶעֱצַם | נֶעֱצַם | ||
second | תֶּעֱצַם | תֶּעֶצְמִי | תֶּעֶצְמוּ | תֶּעֱצַמְנָה2 | |
third | יֶעֱצַם | תֶּעֱצַם | יֶעֶצְמוּ | תֶּעֱצַמְנָה2 | |
imperative | עֲצַם | עִצְמִי | עִצְמוּ | עֲצַמְנָה2 | |
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References
[edit]- H6106 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “עצם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]עצם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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[edit]עצם • (etsem)
Adverb
[edit]עצם • (etsem)
Noun
[edit]עצם • (etsem) m
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