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אתר

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
א־ת־ר (ʾ-t-r)

Borrowed from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā), doublet of אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun).

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English site, a clipping of website.

Noun

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אֲתָר (atárm (plural indefinite אתרים, singular construct אתר־)

  1. A site: the location of an object, person, event, or similar.
    אתר ארכאולוגיatár arke'ológian archeological site
    אתר הניסויים נבדהatár-hanisuyím nevádathe Nevada Test Site
  2. (Internet) site (a website)
    אתר האינטרנט הראשוןatár-ha'ínternet harishónthe first Internet site
    אתר הכנסתatár-hak'nésetthe Knesset site
    האתר הרשמיha'atár harashmíthe official site
Derived terms
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Verb

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אִתֵּר ('itér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of איתר

Verb

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אֻתַּר (utár) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of אותר

Etymology 2

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Noun

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אֶתֶר (eterm (singular construct אתר־)

  1. the æther (archaic notion); or more modernly, ether.

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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אתר (transliteration needed)

  1. a surname

References

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  • אתר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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