אסם

אסם

Arabic

Noun

אסם • (ism) m (plural אסמא‎ (ʾasmāʾ))

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of اِسْم‎ (ism, “name”)‎‎
   • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃‎‎

     hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.

     These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

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Hebrew

Root
א־ס־ם‎ (ʾ-s-m)

Noun

אָסָם • (asám) m (plural indefinite אֲסָמִים‎, singular construct אֲסַם־, plural construct אַסְמֵי־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. granary

References

• “אסם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אסם‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he