עצם

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-. Cognate with Arabic عظم‎.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈetsem/
• (Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕesˀem/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʕ)etsem/, [ˈŋetsem]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕæsˀæm/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕɛsˀɛm/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕasˀm/

עֶצֶם • (étsem) m (plural indefinite עֲצָמוֹת‎, plural construct עַצְמוֹת־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. bone

• מֹחַ עֶצֶם‎ (moakh étsem)

עֶצֶם • (étsem) m (plural indefinite עֲצָמִים‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. a thing, object
2. gist, essence

   ‏זהו עצם העניין.‎‎

   zéhu étsem ha'inyán.

   That is the essence of the thing.

3. exact

   ‏וְהֵם חָיוּ בְּאוֹשֶׁר וְעוֹשֶׁר עָד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה‎

   v'hém khayú b'ósher v'ósher ad étzem hayóm hazé.

   And they lived happily ever after. [literally: And they lived in happiness and wealth to this very day.]

4. (with possessive suffix) self

   ‏ראיתי את עצמי בראי.‎‎

   raíti et atsmí bar'í.

   I saw myself in the mirror.

   • 2013, נתן גושן, ליבי:

     ‏,הנה אני לא דומה לעצמי לא דומה גם למה שהייתי‎

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (philosophy) substance

• בְּעֶצֶם‎ (b'étsem)
• עַצְמוּת‎ (átsmut)
• עֶצֶם בִּלְתִּי מְזוּהֶה‎ (étsem biltí m'zuhé)
• שָׁאַל אֶת עַצְמוֹ‎ (sha'ál et atsmó)
• שֵׁם עֶצֶם‎ (shem étsem)

עָצַם • ('atsám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱצַם‎)

1. to close (one's eyes)
   • אפרת גוש, לראות את האור

     עצמתי עיני אטמתי ליבי

עָצַם • ('atsám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (literary) to become mighty

• H6106 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “עצם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• עצם‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

From Hebrew עצם‎.

עצם • (etsem)

1. in itself, as such

עצם • (etsem)

1. in itself, as such

עצם • (etsem) m

1. gist, essence