Aramaic

Verb

קום • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to rise, to stand

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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

Verb

קוּם • ‎(kum)

1. bare infinitive (gerund) of קם ‎(kam)
2. Masculine singular imperative of קם ‎(kam): Rise!

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْم ‎(qawm).

Noun

קום ‎(qawmun) m

1. people
   • Exodus 1:9 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     וקאל לקומה הודׄא קום בני אסראיל אכתׄר ואעטׄם מנא׃‎

     waqāla liqawmihi huwaḏā qawmu banī ʾisrāʾīla ʾakṯaru waʾaʿẓamu minnā.

     And he said to his people: Behold the people of the sons of Israel are greater and mightier than us.

Yiddish

Verb

קום • ‎(kum)

1. first-person singular present indicative of קומען ‎(kumen)
2. imperative singular of קומען ‎(kumen)