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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֵם

אֵם

H517

Transliteration: ʼêm

Pronunciation: ame

Definition: dam


Original: אם

Transliteration: 'êm

Phonetic: ame

BDB Definition:

  1. mother
    1. of humans
    2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (figuratively)
    3. of animals
  2. point of departure or division

Origin: a primitive word

TWOT entry: 115a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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