Aramaic

Noun

עם • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural עממין)

1. absolute form of עמא
   1. people, nation

Preposition

עם • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. with

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /am/

Noun

עַם • ‎(am) m ‎(plural indefinite עַמִּים, singular construct עַם־, plural construct עַמֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A nation, a people.
   • Exodus 6:7, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לִי לְעָם וְהָיִיתִי לָכֶם לֵאלֹקִים וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי ה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מִתַּחַת סִבְלוֹת מִצְרָיִם׃‎

     And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a G-d: and ye shall know that I am the L-RD your G-d, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Declension

Usage notes

• The definite form of this noun is הָעָם ‎(haám, “the nation, the people”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /im/

Preposition

עִם • ‎(im)

1. With: used to indicate togetherness, being together.
   • Genesis 35:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב לוּזָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן הִוא בֵּית־אֵל הוּא וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ׃‎

     So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

   • Judges 4:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וַתַּעַל עִמּוֹ דְּבוֹרָה׃‎

     […] and Deborah went up with him.

   • 1 Kings 8:57, with translation of the King James Version:

     יְהִי ד׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ עִמָּנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־אֲבֹתֵינוּ אַל־יַעַזְבֵנוּ וְאַל־יִטְּשֵׁנוּ׃‎

     The L-RD our G-d be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

   • Isaiah 11:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃‎

     The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

2. And also.
   • 1 Samuel 17:42, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם־יְפֵה מַרְאֶה׃.‎

     […] but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

3. Near to, next to:
   • 1 Samuel 10:2, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וּמָצָאתָ שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים עִם־קְבֻרַת רָחֵל בִּגְבוּל בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֶלְצַח […] ‎

     […] then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; […]

   • 2 Samuel 24:16, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וּמַלְאַךְ ד׳ הָיָה עִם־גֹּרֶן הָאֲרַוְנָה [ק] הַיְבֻסִי׃‎

     And the angel of the L-RD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

4. With, among, at the place of, in the same place as.
   • Genesis 23:4, with translation of the King James Version:

     גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת־קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי׃‎

     I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

   • Genesis 32:5, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] עִם־לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד־עָתָּה׃‎

     […] I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

   • Joshua 20:4, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וְאָסְפוּ אֹתוֹ הָעִירָה אֲלֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ־לוֹ מָקוֹם וְיָשַׁב עִמָּם׃‎

     […] they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

   • 1 Kings 8:18, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] הָיָה עִם־לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי הֱטִיבֹתָ כִּי הָיָה עִם־לְבָבֶךָ׃‎

     […] it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

5. At the same time.
   • Ezra 1:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] הַכֹּל הֶעֱלָה שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר עִם הֵעָלוֹת הַגּוֹלָה מִבָּבֶל לִירוּשָׁלִַם׃‎

     All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

6. (of an action) For.
   • Genesis 19:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת־נַפְשִׁי […] ‎

     […] and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; […]

   • Genesis 20:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] זֶה חַסְדֵּךְ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂי עִמָּדִי […] ‎

     […] This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; […]

   • Genesis 29:27, with translation of the King James Version:

     מַלֵּא שְׁבֻעַ זֹאת וְנִתְּנָה לְךָ גַּם־אֶת־זֹאת בַּעֲבֹדָה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹד עִמָּדִי עוֹד שֶׁבַע־שָׁנִים אֲחֵרוֹת׃‎

     Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

7. (of an action) Against.
   • Genesis 32:24, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר׃‎

     And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

   • Deuteronomy 20:20, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] וּבָנִיתָ מָצוֹר עַל־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־הִוא עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה […] ‎

     […] and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, […]

Inflection

• The usual modern forms have been borrowed from the otherwise archaic preposition אֵת, אֶת־ ‎(et, et-, “to, with”) (not to be confused with the direct object marker את ‎(et), which is still in use). The traditional, more regular forms are still in use, but only in formal registers.

Synonyms

• (with: indicating being together): את (archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)
• (for: of an action): את (archaic, except in inflected forms; see inflection table)