פעם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־ע־ם (p-ʿ-m)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn, “foot”) and 𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚 (pảmt, “times”), which possibly split phonologically from the same source.

Pronunciation

(פַּעַם, pá'am) and (פַּעַם־, pá'am-) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.(ʔ)am/
(פָּעַם, pa'ám) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈ(ʔ)am/
(פֵּעֵם, pe'ém) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /peˈ(ʔ)em/
Rhymes: -am

Noun

פַּעַם • (pá'am) f (dual indefinite פעמיים / פַּעֲמַיִם, plural indefinite פְּעָמִים, singular construct פַּעַם־, plural construct פַּעֲמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

A time: an instance, an occurrence.
- איה כורם, מה יהיה איתי, אמא?
  אמרתי לך פעם שאמא שלך, היא לא ממש אמא נורמלית
A step, a footstep, a pace: an instance of stepping with the foot.
A stroke, a beat, as a heartbeat.
(used adverbially) Once, at one time, in the past.
- 2021 October 21, Hagit Ginzburg, “‘ילדות סכסכניות’: מכתב אהבה לבת ה-20 המבולבלת שהיית פעם” (“y'ladót sakhs'khaniyót”: mikhtáv ahavá l'vát ha-20 ham'vulbélet shehayít pá'am, “‘Argumentative Girls’: a love letter to the confused 20-year-old you used to be”), Haaretz.
(פַּעַם־, pá'am-) Singular construct state form of פַּעַם‎.

Derived terms

אי פעם (éi pá'am)
אף פעם (áf pá'am)
אַפְפַּעַם (afpá'am)
לִפְעָמִים (lif'amím)
מדי פעם (midéi pá'am)
פעמיים נקודתיים / פַּעֲמַיִם נְקֻדָּתַיִם (pa'amáyim nekudatáyim)
פַּעַם שְׁלִישִׁית גְּלִידָה (pá'am sh'lishít glidá)

References

H6471 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

פָּעַם • (pa'ám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

To beat, to strike, to knock.

Conjugation

Conjugation of פָּעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לפעום / לִפְעֹם action noun: פְּעִימָה passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	פָּעַמְתִּי		פָּעַמְנוּ
	second	פָּעַמְתָּ	פָּעַמְתְּ	פְּעַמְתֶּם¹	פְּעַמְתֶּן¹
	third	פָּעַם	פָּעֲמָה	פָּעֲמוּ
present		פּוֹעֵם	פּוֹעֶמֶת	פּוֹעֲמִים	פּוֹעֲמוֹת
future	first	אֶפְעַם		נִפְעַם
	second	תִּפְעַם	תִּפְעֲמִי	תִּפְעֲמוּ	תִּפְעַמְנָה²
	third	יִפְעַם	תִּפְעַם	יִפְעֲמוּ	תִּפְעַמְנָה²
imperative		פְּעַם	פַּעֲמִי	פַּעֲמוּ	פְּעַמְנָה²
notes		Pronounced פָּעַמְתֶּם and פָּעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

פיעם / פִּעֵם • (pi'ém) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

defective spelling of פיעם.

References

“פַּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1080.
“פעם, פָּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1079.

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