אתם

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum. Cognate with Arabic أنتم.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

אַתֶּם • (atém) m pl

  1. You, y'all, you guys: the second-person masculine plural subject pronoun.

See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
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]
  1. The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. 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

אתם • (transliteration needed)

  1. (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
  2. (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.

Anagrams
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