בעצם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ts-m)
7 terms

From בְּ־ (b'-, in, with) +‎ עֶצֶם־ (étsem-, bone of, self of).

Adverb

בְּעֶצֶם • (b'étsem)

  1. actually, in fact, essentially

Preposition

בְּעֶצֶם־ • (b'étsem-)

  1. by oneself, on one's own, without assistance
    • 2009 December 5, צפריר רינת (tsafrír rinat), “[http: / www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1132728.html ועידת קופנהאגן ׀ כמה דרכים שתוכלו לעשות בעצמכם להפחתת פליטת גזי חממה]” (v'idát kopenhagen | káma d'rakhím shetokh'lú la'asót b'atsm'khém l'hafkhatát p'litát gazé khamamá, Copenhagen Conference | Some Ways You Can Do by Yourselves for a Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions), in הארץ (Haaretz).

Usage notes

  • By its nature, this preposition only takes a personal pronoun as its object, such that it is only found in its inflected forms.

Inflection

Inflection table
base form בְּעֶצֶם־ (b'étsem)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f m f
1st person בְּעַצְמִי (b'atsmí) בעצמנו (b'atsméinu)
2nd person בעצמך (b'atsm'khá) בעצמך (b'atsmékh) בעצמכם (b'atsm'khém) בעצמכן (b'atsm'khén)
3rd person בעצמו (b'atsmó) בעצמה (b'atsmáh) בעצמם (b'atsmám) בעצמן (b'atsmán)

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛt͡sm̩/

Adverb

בעצם • (betsm)

  1. basically, intrinsically, fundamentally, as a matter of fact, in essence