This is the 60th most frequent Serbian word.
им
The Serbian word "им" means "them" (dative case).
In this sentence, 'им' is a pronoun that functions as an indirect object meaning 'to them'.
Дала сам им књигу.
I gave them a book.
Here, 'истом' includes 'им' as a grammatical part of the instrumental case of 'исто' (same).
На састанку је важно да свако каже шта мисли о истом питању.
In the meeting, it's important for everyone to speak about the same question.
In this example, the word 'Имам' means 'I have' and contains 'им' in its conjugation based on its stem.