אתם

Hebrew

Pronoun

אֲתֶּם • (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) אֲתֶּם‎ (atém)
f אַתְּ‎ (at) אֲתֶּן‎ (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.

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