WORD STUDIES
These five words are conversational, they pop up all the time. Knowing them is elegance
*Klum כלום
Nothing
-(literary) something, anything
*5um davar שום דבר
nothing, not a thing
*5um שום
Any(in a negative sense)
*4eyn davar אין דבר
never mind, it's nothing, don't mention it
*Xtam סתם
purposelessly; simply, just
-for no reason
-just kidding
[KLUM כלום]
I've heard nothing.
לא שמעתי כלום.
Lo4 5ama7ti klum.
You didn't say anything.
לא אמרת כלום.
Lo4 4amarta klum.
[5UM DAVAR שום דבר]
You're a nobody.
אתה שום דבר.
4atah 5um davar.
There's nothing there.
אין שם שום דבר.
4eyn 5am 5um davar.
[5UM שום]
There's no but about it!
שום "אבל"!
5um "4aval"!
No problem at all!
אין שום בעיה!
4eyn 5um b7ayah!
There aren't any problems.
אין שום בעיות.
4eyn 5um b7ayot.
I have no excuse.
אין לי שום תירוץ.
4eyn li 5um teyru3.
[4EYN DAVAR אין דבר]
Never mind.
אין דבר.
4eyn davar.
[XTAM סתם]
They're just words.
אלה סתם מילים.
4eleh xtam milim.
He is nothing more than a coward.
הוא סתם פחדן.
Hu4 xtam pacdan.
***NOTE: XTAM seems synonymous with PA5U9 פשוט which means 'simply' and also 'just'.
***Min Haxtam מן הסתם means DUH!
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