בעצם

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ע־צ־ם (ʿ-ts-m)

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

Adverb

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בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)

  1. Actually, in fact.

Preposition

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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

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

Inflection

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Anagrams

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew בְּעֶצֶם (b'étzem)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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בעצם (betsm)

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