אתם
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰim(maː)/
- (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /at.tim.ma/, [ʔætˈtim.mæˑ]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰɛm/, [ʔatˈtʰɛː.ɛm]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰam/, [ʔætˈtʰæːm]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ætˈtem/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔatˈtem/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔatˈtem/ (East), /(ʔ)aˈtem/ (West)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈtɛm/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈtem/
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Pronoun
[edit]אַתֶּם • (atém) m pl
See also
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] |
אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2] | |
| 2nd person | m | אַתָּה (atá) | אַתֶּם (atém) |
| f | אַתְּ (at) | אַתֶּן (atén) | |
| 3rd person | m | הוּא (hu) | הֵם (hem)[PP 3] |
| f | הִיא (hi) | הֵן (hen)[PP 3] | |
- ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
- ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
Preposition
[edit]אתם • (transliteration needed)
- (אֹתָם, otám) Form of את (et) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: them (as a direct object).
- Exodus 1:7, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָם
- and the land was filled with them
- וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָם
- Exodus 1:7, with translation of the King James Version:
- (אִתָּם, itám) Form of את (et) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling, form of עם (im) including third-person masculine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: with them.