סם

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic سُمّ (summ).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -am

Noun

סַם • (sam) m (plural indefinite סַמִּים, plural construct סַמֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. drug, narcotic

   המשטרה רוצה לגלות איך בני נוער משיגים סמים.

   hamishtará rotsá l'galót eikh b'néi nó'ar masigím samím.

   The police want to discover how youth are obtaining drugs.

2. poison
3. (Biblical Hebrew) An aromatic, sweet-smelling spice used to make incense
   • Tanach, Exodus 39:33-38, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־הָאֹ֖הֶל וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו קְרָסָ֣יו קְרָשָׁ֔יו בְּרִיחֹו וְעַמֻּדָ֥יו וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃ וְאֶת־מִכְסֵ֞ה עֹורֹ֤ת הָֽאֵילִם֙ הַמְאָדָּמִ֔ים וְאֶת־מִכְסֵ֖ה עֹרֹ֣ת הַתְּחָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֥כֶת הַמָּסָֽךְ׃ אֶת־אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻ֖ת וְאֶת־בַּדָּ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ אֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת לֶ֥חֶם הַפָּנִֽים׃ אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָ֨ה הַטְּהֹרָ֜ה אֶת־נֵרֹתֶ֗יהָ נֵרֹ֛ת הַמַּֽעֲרָכָ֖ה וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת שֶׁ֥מֶן הַמָּאֹֽור׃ וְאֵת֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הַזָּהָ֔ב וְאֵת֙ שֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת קְטֹ֣רֶת הַסַּמִּ֑ים וְאֵ֕ת מָסַ֖ךְ פֶּ֥תַח הָאֹֽהֶל׃ [...]

     va-yaví'u et-ha-mishkán el-moshé et-ha-óhel v-et-kol-keláw q'rasaw q'rasháw b'riḥáw v-amudáw va-adanáw. v-et-mikhse orot ha-elím ha-m'adamím v-et-mikhse orot ha-t'ḥashím v-et parokhet ha-masákh. et aron ha-edút v-et-badáw v-et ha-kapóret. et-ha-shulḥán et-kol-keláw v-et leḥem ha-paním. et-ha-m'norá ha-t'horá et-nerotéha nerot ha-ma'arakhá v-et-kol-keléha v-et shemen ha-ma'ór. v-et mizbaḥ ha-zaháv v-et shemen ha-mishḥá v-et q'toret ha-samím v-et masakh petaḥ ha-óhel [...]

     And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering of rams’skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover; the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light; and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent [...]

Derived terms

• סַם פֶּלֶא

See also

• רַעַל m (rá'al)

Anagrams

• מס

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סַם (sam).

Noun

סם • (sam) m

1. poison
2. (Khurbn) smuggling or stealing

Synonyms

• גיפֿט (gift)

Derived terms

• פֿאַרסמען (farsamen)
• סמיק (samik)
• סמען (samen)