אתם

אתם

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantum. Cognate with Arabic أنتم‎.

Pronoun

אַתֶּם • (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)	אַתֶּם‎ (atém)
	f	אַתְּ‎ (at)	אַתֶּן‎ (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא‎ (hu)	הֵם‎ (hem)[PP 3]
	f	הִיא‎ (hi)	הֵן‎ (hen)[PP 3]
The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ‎ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ‎ (anákhnu) the more colloquial. 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.

Anagrams

• אמת‎ ,מאת