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Strong's #517 - אֵם

Transliteration

ʼêm

Phonetics

ame

Origin

a primitive word

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

115a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) mother

1a) of humans

1b) of Deborah’s relationship to the people (figuratively)

1c) of animals

2) point of departure or division

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 744 ‑ ἀρχαῖος (ar‑khah'‑yos); 1118 ‑ γονεύς (gon‑yooce'); 3384 ‑ μήτηρ (may'‑tare); 3390 ‑ μητρόπολις (may‑trop'‑ol‑is);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (217)

Genesis 25

Exodus 7

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 18

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 3

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 7

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

NAS (219)

Genesis 26

Exodus 7

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 20

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 2

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 7

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

HCS (219)

Genesis 25

Exodus 7

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 20

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 3

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 7

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (222)

Genesis 28

Exodus 7

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 20

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 3

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 7

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (205)

Genesis 26

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 20

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 3

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

WEB (220)

Genesis 26

Exodus 7

Leviticus 15

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 13

Joshua 3

Judges 20

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 22

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 12

Esther 2

Job 3

Psalms 12

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 7

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Hosea 4

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

KJV (217)

dam 5

mother 140

mother's 67

mothers 3

mothers' 1

parting 1

NAS (219)

mother 145

mother's 67

mothers 5

mothers' 1

parting 1

HCS (219)

mother 2

mother's 1

* 4

Mothers 1

a mother 4

grandmother 1

grandmother's 1

his grandmother 1

his mother 1

maternal 1

mother 123

mother's 64

mothers 4

she 1

that is like a mother 1

the mother 4

the mothers 2

the split 1

to a mother 1

was the mother 1

BSB (222)

* 2

And the mother 1

And when his mother's 1

As a mother 1

His grandmother's 1

His mother 2

His mother's 25

Like mother 1

My mother 1

My mother's 1

Then his mother 1

Will your mother 1

Your mother 2

[for his] mother 1

[she] 1

a mother 2

against her mother 1

and also the mothers 1

and her mother 2

and his mother 2

and mother 21

and mother [goodbye] 1

and mother [had done] 1

and she 1

and the mother 1

and your mother 2

at my mother's 1

but be sure to let the mother 1

from his mother's 1

from my mother's 3

her mother's 1

his grandmother 2

his mother 20

his mother's 2

his own mother's 1

in its mother's 3

in my mother's 1

is his mother 1

is your mother 1

is your mother's 2

its mother 1

mother 10

my mother 4

my mother's 2

of his mother 3

of his mother's 2

of my mother 4

of the mother 2

of their mothers 1

of your mother 6

of your mother's 1

one of his mother's 1

or mother 13

or'Mother 1

our mothers 1

so that my mother 1

that is a mother 1

the fork 1

the mother 10

the mothers 2

their mother 1

their mothers 2

them to his mother 1

to a mother 1

to his mother 5

to my mother's 1

to their mothers 1

to your mother's 1

was the mother 1

was your mother 1

when mothers 1

when my mother 1

who 1

with his mother 1

your mother 8

your mother's 3

your own mother's 1

ESV (205)

When 1

mother 132

mother's 63

mothers 8

parting 1

WEB (220)

* 76

As is the mother 1

For their mother 1

His mother 3

Moreover his mother 1

Our mothers 1

The mother 2

What was your mother 1

Will I and your mother 1

Your mother 1

a mother 1

against her mother 1

and a mother 1

and concerning their mothers 1

and her mother 5

and his mother 11

and like his mother 1

and mother 3

and my mother 4

and of his mother 1

and so my mother 1

and the hen 1

and the mothers 1

and your mother 6

at the parting 1

because she was the mother 1

child with his mother 1

for his mother 1

her mother 1

him to his mother 3

his mother 8

in which my mother 1

into his mother 1

into their mothers 1

it shall be with its mother 1

let the hen 1

mother 8

my mother 3

nor mother 1

nor my mother 1

of his mother 5

of my mother 5

of your mother 6

on them against the mother 1

or for his mother 2

or for mother 1

or for their mother 1

or his mother 8

she is your mother 1

she was the mother 1

since my mother 1

so your mother 1

the hen 1

the mother 5

their mother 1

their mothers 1

them to his mother 2

to his mother 6

was your mother 1

which his mother 1

whom his mother 1

with its mother 1

with which his mother 1

with your mother 1

your mother 5

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1013) m a (אמ AM) AC: Bind CO: Glue AB: ?: The pictograph a represents strength. The m is water or any other liquid. Combined these pictographs mean "strong liquid". Glue was made by placing the hides and other animal parts of slaughtered animals in a pot of boiling water. As the hide boiled, a thick sticky substance formed at the surface of the water. This substance was removed and used as a binding agent. (eng: arm - with the addition of the r sound)

A) m a (אמ AM) AC: ? CO: Arm AB: ?: The arm that holds things together. The arm is seen as glue that encircles and holds together. A cubit was the length of the arm from elbow to fingertip. The mother of the family is the one who binds the family together by holding in her arms and by the work of her arms.

N^f) m a (אמ AM) - Mother: One whose arms hold the family together through her work and love. Also one who fulfills the role of a mother. KJV (220): mother, dam - Strongs: H517 (אֵם)

N^f1) e m a (אמה AMH) - I. Cubit:A linear standard of measure equal to the length of the forearm. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Bondwoman:One who is bound to another. KJV (304): cubit, measure, post, handmaid, maidservant, maid, bondwoman, bondmaids - Strongs: H519 (אָמָה), H520 (אַמָּה), H521 (אַמָּה)

j^m) n f m a (אמונ AMWN) - Craftsman: An architect or artisan who uses the cubit for measuring. KJV (3): multitude, populace - Strongs: H527 (אָמוֹן)

J) m f a (אומ AWM) AC: Bind CO: Tribe AB: ?: A binding together.

N^f1) e m f a (אומה AWMH) - Tribe: A family lineage bound together. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (11): people, nation - Strongs: H523 (אֻמָּה), H524 (אֻמָּה)

M) m i a (אימ AYM) AC: ? CO: Glue AB: ?

N^m ) m i a (אימ AYM) - If: A desire to bind two ideas together. KJV (43): if, not, or, when, whether, doubtless, while, neither, saving - Strongs: H518 (אִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֵם₂₂₁ noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic

Ethiopic

, Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. Bae^{Rel 118}) Assyrian ummu COT^Gloss; Aramaic אֵם, אִימָּא,

) — ׳א absolute Genesis 32:12 +; construct Genesis 3:20 +; suffix אִמִּי Genesis 20:12 + etc.; plural only suffix אִמֹּתֵנוּ Lamentations 5:3; אִמֹּתָם Jeremiah 16:3; Lamentations 2:12 (twice in verse); —

1 literal (human) mother, as parent Genesis 20:12; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 44:20; Exodus 2:8; Psalm 51:7; Psalm 113:9 ( opposed to עֲקֶרֶת) Jeremiah 15:8,10; Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 50:12; 1 Chronicles 4:9; Song of Solomon 6:9; Song of Solomon 8:5 +; hence of Eve אֵםכָּלחָֿ֑י Genesis 3:20; in poetry of birth, יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אֵם Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:14; יָצָא מֵרֶחֶם אֵם Numbers 12:12 compare Psalm 139:13 ( Jeremiah 20:18 &) מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי גּוֺזִי Psalm 71:6 (subject ׳י, compare גחה Psalm 22:10; > גּוֺזִי = my benefactor from birth Thes Ew Hup Pe); also וַתְּהִי אִמִּי קִבְרִי Jeremiah 20:17; מִבֶּטֶן אֵם = from earliest existence Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11; so מִמְּעֵי אֵם Isaiah 49:1; as giving suck Song of Solomon 8:1 (שְׁדֵי אֵם) Psalm 22:10; compare Psalm 131:2 (see Exodus 2:9 compare Exodus 2:8); as exercising authority Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:28; Genesis 27:11,13,14; Judges 17:2 f Ruth 1:8; Song of Solomon 3:4; Song of Solomon 8:2 etc.; especially of queen-mother as possessing dignity & influence 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:13,19,20; 2 Chronicles 22:2,3; Song of Solomon 3:11; Proverbs 31:1; compare names of mo-thers of kings of Judah 1 Kings 14:21,31; 1 Kings 15:2,10,13 +; as shewing love & care 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 66:13 (simile of ׳י s comforting his people; compare also Genesis 27:45); as beloved & lamented 1 Kings 19:20 ("" אָב) Genesis 24:67; Psalm 35:14; בֶּןאִֿמּוֺ = own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29; & "" אָח Genesis 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9; Song of Solomon 1:6; compare Song of Solomon 8:1; so בַּתאִֿמּוֺ Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17; Deuteronomy 27:22 ("" בַּתאָֿבִיו) Genesis 20:12; often with אָב, as parentes Jeremiah 16:3; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 8:4; as rightfully claiming honour, authority, etc., compare above, Genesis 28:7 (P) compare Genesis 37:10 (E) Judges 14:2f, so in precept Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20 etc. compare Ezekiel 22:7; laws enjoining these Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 19:3 compare Deuteronomy 22:15; laws prohib. contrary Exodus 21:15,17 (E) Leviticus 20:9 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 21:18,19; Deuteronomy 27:16; laws as to mourning for Leviticus 21:2,11 (H) Numbers 6:7 (P) compare Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 44:25; left for wife Genesis 2:24; for mother-in-law Ruth 2:24; for husband Deuteronomy 21:13 (law for captive women); compare Deuteronomy 33:9 (of devoted service of Levites); loving, caring for children Proverbs 4:3 (on the opposite compare Psalm 27:10); loved, cared for Joshua 2:13 compare Joshua 2:18; Joshua 6:23. 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Kings 19:20 compare 2 Samuel 19:38.

2 figurative of Deborah as caring for her people אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל Judges 5:7 (compare אָב Isaiah 22:21; Job 29:16); so of a city 2 Samuel 20:19 ('stock, race, community' RS^{K 28 compare Proph. iv. n 8}); of Israel Hosea 2:4; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 4:5; compare Hosea 10:14; of Judah Isaiah 50:1 (twice in verse); of Hittite as mother of Jerusalem אָבִיךְ הָאֱמֹרִיוְאִמֵּךְ חִתִּית Ezekiel 16:3,45 compare Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; also Ezekiel 19:2,10 & see Ezekiel 23:2.

3 of animals, dam Exodus 22:29 (of ox & sheep) Leviticus 22:27 (of bullock, sheep, or goat); Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 = Deuteronomy 14:21 (of kid); mother-bird Deuteronomy 22:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:7; figurative Job 17:14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה ׃.

4 = point of departure or division אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 21:26. ("" ראֹשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֵם constr. st. אֵם with suff. אִמִּי pl. אִמֹּות f. mother (Arab. أَمُّ and إِمُّ Eth. እም፡, Aram. אִמָּא, ܐܶܡܳܐ, Dan 4:1-37 Act 9:1-43 id.) אָב וָאֵם “father and mother,” both parents, Judges 14:16; Psalms 27:10; Esther 2:7.-בֶּן אִמִּי “my brother, by the same mother,” Genesis 43:29. Poet. בְּנֵי אִמִּי “my brethren” generally, Genesis 27:29; Song of Solomon 1:6. With less exactness a step-mother is also called mother, Genesis 37:10 (comp. 35:16, seq.), which would be more accurately called אֵשֶׁת אָב. But the name of mother has a wider use, and is applied also

(1) to a grandmother, 1 Kings 15:13 and generally to any ancestress, Genesis 3:20.

(2) metaph. used of her who bestows benefits on others, Judges 5:7.

(3) used as denoting intimate relationship or intimacy, Job 17:14 (compare אָב No. 7).

(4) of a nation, as opposed to the children, i.e. persons springing from it, Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 50:12; Ezekiel 19:2; Hosea 2:4, 4:5.

(5) mother of the way, a parting of the road, prop. source and head of the way (elsewhere רֹאשׁ דֶּרֶךְ), Ezekiel 21:26. Arab. أُمُّ is the root, beginning of a thing, but أُمُّاُلطَّرِيقِ is a royal way, and perhaps in Eze.loc. cit. it may be taken in this sense.

(6) i.q. אַמָּה metropolis, a great and leading city, even though not the capital; 2 Samuel 20:19, עִיר וְאֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל “a city and a mother in Israel.” So on the Phœnician coins of Tyre and Sidon; compare Arab. أُمُّ metropolis; Greek μήτηρ, Callim. Fr. 112, and mater, Flor. iii. 7, 18; Ammian. xvii. 13.

(7) metaph. used of the earth as the mother of all men, Job 1:21.

This word is undoubtedly primitive, and, like אָב (see p. 2. B.), it imitates the first sounds of an infant beginning to prattle, like the Greek μάμμα, μάμμη μαμμαία, μαῖα, Copt. mau, Germ. Mama, Amme [Eng. mamma, Welsh mam]. A fem. form used metaphorically is אַמָּה. In Arabic there is hence formed a verb أَمَّ to be a mother; hence, to be related, to set an example, to teach.

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List of Word Forms

אִ֝מְּךָ֗ אִ֝מִּ֗י אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אִ֠מֶּךָ אִ֠מּוֹ אִ֭מִּי אִמְּךָ֖ אִמְּךָ֙ אִמְּךָ֛ אִמְּךָ֣ אִמְּךָ֥ אִמְּכֶ֣ן אִמְּכֶֽם׃ אִמְּכֶם֙ אִמִּ֑י אִמִּ֔י אִמִּ֖י אִמִּ֗י אִמִּ֣י אִמִּ֥י אִמִּֽי׃ אִמִּי֙ אִמֵּ֜ךְ אִמֵּ֣ךְ אִמֶּ֑ךָ אִמֶּ֔ךָ אִמֶּֽךָ׃ אִמָּ֑הּ אִמָּ֔ם אִמָּ֖הּ אִמָּ֤הּ אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ אִמֹּתָ֞ם אִמֹּתָֽם׃ אִמּ֑וֹ אִמּ֔וֹ אִמּ֖וֹ אִמּ֗וֹ אִמּ֛וֹ אִמּ֜וֹ אִמּ֡וֹ אִמּ֤וֹ אִמּֽוֹ׃ אִמּוֹ֒ אִמּוֹ֙ אִמּוֹ֩ אֵ֑ם אֵ֖ם אֵ֛ם אֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ם אֵ֣ם ׀ אֵ֥ם אֵֽם־ אֵם־ אם אם־ אמה אמו אמו׃ אמי אמי׃ אמך אמך׃ אמכם אמכם׃ אמכן אמם אמתינו אמתם אמתם׃ בְאִמְּכֶם֙ בְאִמָּ֔הּ באמה באמכם הָאֵ֔ם הָאֵ֖ם האם וְאִמְּךָ֣ וְאִמִּ֑י וְאִמִּ֣י וְאִמִּי֙ וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ וְאִמָּ֑הּ וְאִמָּ֔הּ וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְאִמּ֔וֹ וְאִמּ֖וֹ וְאִמּ֗וֹ וְאִמּ֛וֹ וְאִמּ֜וֹ וְאִמּ֤וֹ וְאֵם֙ וְהָאֵ֤ם וָאֵ֑ם וָאֵם֙ וּ֠לְאֵם וּכְאִמּ֑וֹ וּלְאִמִּ֔י וּלְאִמִּ֛י וּלְאִמָּֽהּ׃ וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ וּלְאִמּ֗וֹ וּלְאִמּוֹ֙ ואם ואמה ואמו ואמי ואמך והאם וכאמו ולאם ולאמה׃ ולאמו ולאמי כְּאִמָּ֖ה כאמה לְאִמָּ֔הּ לְאִמֹּתָם֙ לְאִמּ֑וֹ לְאִמּ֖וֹ לְאִמּ֗וֹ לְאִמּ֡וֹ לְאִמּ֣וֹ לְאֵ֣ם לאם לאמה לאמו לאמתם ’êm ’êm- ’im·māh ’im·mām ’im·me·ḵā ’im·mə·ḵā ’im·mə·ḵem ’im·mə·ḵen ’im·mêḵ ’im·mî ’im·mō·ṯām ’im·mō·ṯê·nū ’im·mōw ’immāh ’immām ’immêḵ ’immeḵā ’imməḵā ’imməḵem ’imməḵen ’immî ’immōṯām ’immōṯênū ’immōw ḇə’immāh ḇə’imməḵem ḇə·’im·māh ḇə·’im·mə·ḵem em hā’êm hā·’êm haEm imMah imMam imMech imMecha immeChem immeChen imMi imMo immoTam immoTeinu kə’immāh kə·’im·māh keimMah lə’êm lə’immāh lə’immōṯām lə’immōw lə·’êm lə·’im·māh lə·’im·mō·ṯām lə·’im·mōw leEm leimMah leimMo leimmoTam ū·ḵə·’im·mōw ū·lə·’êm ū·lə·’im·māh ū·lə·’im·mî ū·lə·’im·mōw ucheimMo ūḵə’immōw ūlə’êm ūlə’immāh ūlə’immî ūlə’immōw Uleem uleimMah uleimMi uleimMo vaEm veEm vehaEm veimMah veimMech veimmeCha veimmeChem veimMi veimMo wā’êm wā·’êm wə’êm wə’immāh wə’immêḵ wə’immeḵā wə’imməḵā wə’immî wə’immōw wə·’êm wə·’im·māh wə·’im·me·ḵā wə·’im·mə·ḵā wə·’im·mêḵ wə·’im·mî wə·’im·mōw wə·hā·’êm wəhā’êm