עמד

עמד • (transliteration needed)

1. to sink
2. to baptize

Cognate with Arabic عَمَدَ‎ (ʕamada).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)amad/

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• Homophone: אָמַד‎ (amád)

עָמַד • (amád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive, of a person) To stand, to stand up, to be standing.
   • a. 1921, י״ח ברנר (“Yosef Haim Brenner”), מסביב לנקודה (“Around the point”)

     ‏הוא עמד, הביט והגה, כדרכו תמיד, ומסביב לו – קשקוש־שפתים, טלטול־חפצים, […]‎

     He stood, looked and pondered [or declared], as his way always, around him – idle chatter of lips, shaking of objects, […]

   • 2002, עברי לידר (“Ivri Lider”), על קו המים (al kav hamáyim, “On the Waterline”)

     ‏על קו המים עומד לו האידיוט הזה‎

     al kav hamáyim oméd lo haidíot haze

     On the waterline this idiot stands by himself

2. (intransitive, of a structure or vertical object) To stand, to be located.
3. (only with to-infinitive) To be about to
   • 2008, יוני בלוך (“Yoni Bloch”), הלב שלי עומד להתפוצץ (halév shelí oméd lehitpotséts, “My heart is about to explode”)

     ‏אני מרגיש שהלב שלי עומד להתפוצץ‎

     aní margísh shehalév shelí oméd lehitpotséts

     I feel like my heart is about to explode

   ‏אני עומד להשתגע.‎‎ ― aní oméd lehishtagéa ― I'm about to go crazy.

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• (to be located): ממוקם / מְמֻקָּם‎ (memukám)

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