עמד

עמד • (transliteration needed)

1. to sink
2. to baptize

Cognate with Arabic عَمَدَ (ʕamada).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)amad/

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• Homophone: אָמַד (amád)

עָמַד • (amád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive, of a person) to stand, to stand up, to be standing (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
   • a. 1921, י״ח ברנר (“Yosef Haim Brenner”), מסביב לנקודה (“Around the point”)

     הוא עמד, הביט והגה, כדרכו תמיד, ומסביב לו – קשקוש־שפתים, טלטול־חפצים, […]

     He stood, looked and pondered [or declared], as his way always, around him – idle chatter of lips, shaking of objects, […]

   • 2002, עברי לידר (“Ivri Lider”), על קו המים (al kav hamáyim, “On the Waterline”)

     על קו המים עומד לו האידיוט הזה

     al kav hamáyim oméd lo haidíot haze

     On the waterline this idiot stands by himself

2. (intransitive, of a structure or vertical object) to stand, to be located
3. (intransitive) to stand still, stop (to cease moving, remain motionless)
4. (intransitive, biblical) to arise, appear (to come into action, being, or notice)
5. (intransitive) to take a stand (against), stand up (to) (to oppose or resist)
6. (intransitive) to endure, persist, persevere (to withstand adverse conditions)
7. (intransitive, biblical) to delay, tarry (to put off until a later time)
8. (only with to-infinitive, modern) to be about to
   • 2008, יוני בלוך (“Yoni Bloch”), הלב שלי עומד להתפוצץ (halév shelí oméd lehitpotséts, “My heart is about to explode”)

     אני מרגיש שהלב שלי עומד להתפוצץ

     aní margísh shehalév shelí oméd lehitpotséts

     I feel like my heart is about to explode

   אני עומד להשתגע. ― aní oméd lehishtagéa ― I'm about to go crazy.

• (to be located): ממוקם / מְמֻקָּם (memukám)

• אֵין דָּבָר הָעוֹמֵד בִּפְנֵי הָרָצוֹן (ein davár haoméd bif'néi haratzón)

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