בעצם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ts-m)

From בְּ־ (b'-, “in, with”) +‎ עֶצֶם(־) (étzem(-), “bone (of), (-'s) self”).

Adverb

בְּעֶצֶם • (b'étzem)

1. Actually, in fact.

Preposition

בְּעֶצֶם־ • (b'étzem-)

1. By ___self, on ___'s own, without assistance.
   • 2009 December 5, צפריר רינת (tzafrír 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'atzm'khém l'hafkhatát p'litát gazéi 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

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				בְּעֶצֶם־ (b'étzem)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	בְּעַצְמִי (b'atzmí)		בעצמנו (b'atzméinu)
Second person	בעצמך (b'atzm'khá)	בעצמך (b'atzmékh)	בעצמכם (b'atzm'khém)	בעצמכן (b'atzm'khén)
Third person	בעצמו (b'atzmó)	בעצמה (b'atzmáh)	בעצמם (b'atzmám)	בעצמן (b'atzmán)

Anagrams

• מבצע

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