פעם

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎔𐎓𐎐 (pʿn, “foot”) and 𐎔𐎀𐎎𐎚 (pảmt, “times”), which possibly split phonologically from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (פַּעַם, pá'am) and (פַּעַם־‎, pá'am-) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʔam/
• (פָּעַם, pa'ám) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈʔam/
• (פִּעֵם, pi'ém) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /piˈem/

Noun

פַּעַם • (pá'am) f (dual indefinite פעמיים \ פַּעֲמַיִם‎, plural indefinite פְּעָמִים‎, singular construct פַּעַם־, plural construct פַּעֲמֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A time: an instance, an occurrence.
   • איה כורם, מה יהיה איתי, אמא?‎

     אמרתי לך פעם שאמא שלך, היא לא ממש אמא נורמלית

2. A step, a footstep, a pace: an instance of stepping with the foot.
3. A stroke, a beat, as a heartbeat.
4. (פַּעַם־‎, pá'am-) Singular construct form of פַּעַם‎‎.

Verb

פָּעַם • (pa'ám) (pa'al construction)

1. To beat, to strike, to knock.

Verb

פיעם \ פִּעֵם • (pi'ém) (pi'el construction)

1. Defective spelling of פיעם‎.

References

• “פַּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1080.
• “פעם, פָּעַם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 1079.