Etsem (עצם) means bone in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
bone
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Etsem.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מבנה גירני המשמש לתמיכת מבנה גופם של חולייתנים.
בְּבַיִת אֶחָד יֵאָכֵל; לֹא־תוֹצִיא מִן־הַבַּיִת מִן־הַבָּשָׂר חוּצָה, וְעֶצֶם לֹא תִשְׁבְּרוּ־בוֹ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Etsem is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- עֶצֶם
- Written without vowel points
- עצם
- Said
- etsem
- Root
- ע־צ־מ
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- עֲצָמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' עֲצָמוֹת, עַצְמוֹת־
- Gematria
- 200
This is how Etsem is said in other languages.
- English
- bone
- Arabic
- عَظْم
- Russian
- кость
- French
- os
- Spanish
- hueso
- German
- Bein, Knochen
- Yiddish
- ביין
These words mean nearly the same as Etsem.
- גרם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Etsem is part of these phrases and sayings.
- עור ועצמות
- עצמו ובשרו
- עצם מעצמיו
- מח עצם
- כעצם בגרון
- נרטב עד לשד עצמותיו
- חלץ עצמות
- עצם הזנב
- עצם הבריח
- עצם ארוכה
- עצם הפיקה
- עצם ססמואידית
- עצם החזה
- עד העצם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Etsem comes from the root ע־צ־מ, like these words.
This is where the word Etsem comes from.
מפרוטו-שמית: *ʕaṯ̣m- השוו לאוגריתית. אכדית בהגיית עֶצֶמְתֻ ( / GÌR.PAD.DU /eṣemtu). אמהרית - עצנט (አጥንት). פניקית - "עצמ". ערבית עַטְֿםֻ (عَظْمٌ). בסורית - "צם" (ṭm).מצוייה כצירוף בספרות יהודית-בבלית: "אובא טמיא" בהוראת: 'עצמות-אוב'.
These words come before and after Etsem in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Etsem.
What does Etsem (עצם) mean in Hebrew?
Etsem (עצם) means bone. It is said etsem, with the stress on e.
What is a synonym for Etsem (עצם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Etsem (עצם) are גרם.
Is Etsem (עצם) masculine or feminine?
The word Etsem (עצם) is a feminine noun, and its plural is עֲצָמוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עצם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.