עצם

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ṣ-m)

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-. Cognate with Arabic عظم.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

עֶצֶם (étsemm (plural indefinite עֲצָמוֹת, plural construct עַצְמוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. bone

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Noun[edit]

עֶצֶם (étsemm (plural indefinite עֲצָמִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a thing, object
  2. gist, essence
    זהו עצם העניין.
    zéhu étsem ha'inyán.
    That is the essence of the thing.
  3. 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.]
  4. (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)
  5. (philosophy) substance

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Verb[edit]

עָצַם ('atsám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱצַם)

  1. to close (one's eyes)
    • אפרת גוש, לראות את האור
      עצמתי עיני אטמתי ליבי

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Verb[edit]

עָצַם ('atsám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (literary) to become mighty

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew עצם.

Adjective[edit]

עצם (etsem)

  1. in itself, as such

Adverb[edit]

עצם (etsem)

  1. in itself, as such

Noun[edit]

עצם (etsemm

  1. gist, essence