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title: אַתֶּם — you · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַתֶּם (lemma:אַתֶּם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 283 times: you. BDB 1906: pron. m.pl. you. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַתֶּם

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«אַתֶּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **you** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 283 times · **Key:** lemma:אַתֶּם · **BDB:** אַתֶּם

### Glosses

you (249); \[are\].you (28); \[will\].you (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

you [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b6_5bc_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. m.pl. you [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b6_5bc_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pron. 2 m.pl. you (masc.) (for antem, v. supr.) Gn 9:7; 26:27; 29:4 + often. With הֲ, הָאַתֶּם †Ju 6:31; following the vb. for emph. Ju 15:12; Je 34:15; construed inaccurately with a fem. Ez 13:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַתֶּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5ea_5b6_5bc_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.12/)

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גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* also you O.Cushites \[are.those\].slain my.sword my they

*JPS 1917:* Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

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[Exodus 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.4/)

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הַיּ֖וֹם אַתֶּ֣ם יֹצְאִ֑ים בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הָאָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* this day you \[are\].about.to.go.out in the.month of.(the) Abib

*JPS 1917:* This day ye go forth in the month Abib.

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