פעם

Hebrew

Root
פ־ע־ם (p-ʿ-m)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn, “foot”) and 𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚 (pảmt, “times”), which possibly split phonologically from the same source.

(פַּעַם, pá'am) and (פַּעַם־, pá'am-) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈpa.(ʔ)am/
(פָּעַם, pa'ám) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /pa.ˈ(ʔ)am/
(פֵּעֵם, pe'ém) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /peˈ(ʔ)em/
Rhymes: -am

פַּעַם • (pá'am) f (dual indefinite פעמיים / פַּעֲמַיִם, plural indefinite פְּעָמִים, singular construct פַּעַם־, plural construct פַּעֲמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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.
- 2021 October 21, Hagit Ginzburg, “‘ילדות סכסכניות’: מכתב אהבה לבת ה-20 המבולבלת שהיית פעם” (“y'ladót sakhs'khaniyót”: mikhtáv ahavá l'vát ha-20 ham'vulbélet shehayít pá'am, “‘Argumentative Girls’: a love letter to the confused 20-year-old you used to be”), Haaretz.
(פַּעַם־, pá'am-) singular construct state form of פַּעַם‎.

פָּעַם • (pa'ám) (pa'al construction)

פיעם / פִּעֵם • (pi'ém) (pi'el construction)

“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.