(|)hüm, _üm pronoun, objective case of who
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwām, dative of hwā who — more at who
1. : who I 1 — sometimes used as object of a verb or a following preposition
whom shall I send — Isa 6:8 (Authorized Version)
my question was whom were all the Christmas signals for — W.T.Scott
or more frequently as the object of a preceding preposition
never send to know for whom the bell tolls — John Donne
though now often considered stilted especially in oral use — occasionally used as predicate nominative with a copulative verb especially in the vicinity of a preposition or a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object
whom say ye that I am — Mt 16:15 (Authorized Version)
regardless of whom his friends may be
2.
a. : who I 2a — used as object of a verb or preposition
whom he strikes his crooked tushes slay — Shakespeare
I will … be gracious to whom I will be gracious — Exod 33:19 (Authorized Version)
ask whom you will
b. archaic : who I 2b — used as object of a verb or preposition
how can I curse whom God has not cursed — Num 23:8 (Revised Standard Version)
there are to whom my satire seems too bold — Alexander Pope
3. : who I 3 — used as the object of a verb or a preceding preposition
those whom oppression had goaded to rebellion — T.B.Macaulay
the universities, by whom he was abundantly honored — J.A.Pollard
his pet toad whom he fed regularly — Osbert Sitwell
these moral types, whom all recognize — V.S.Pritchett
or less frequently as the object of a following preposition
the man whom you addressed the letter to
— sometimes used as the subject of the clause that it introduces especially in the vicinity of a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object
a … recruit whom he hoped would prove to be a crack salesman — Bennett Cerf
people … whom you never thought would sympathize — Shea Murphy