How to say "with" in Arabic
CognateMeaningwith
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَعَ
maʿaמע
مع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עִם
imإِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Hebrew עם and Arabic maʿa share the same two consonants ʿ and m in opposite order — usually explained as a swap (metathesis) within one ancient Semitic word, though not every linguist signs on. The job is identical: maʿī = עימי.
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In a phrase
تَعَالَ مَعِي
taʿāla maʿīתעאל מעיcome with me