אברהם
See also: אַבֿרהם
Aramaic edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
אברהם • (transliteration needed)
- (biblical) Abraham
- a male given name
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Either:
- “Father of many”, from אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) as glossed in Genesis 17:4–5;
- “Father is exalted”, from אַב (aḇ) + רם (rám, “exalted, high”) (whence also אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”).).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /av.ʁaˈham/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /avrɔˈhɔm/, [avˈrɔ.hɔm]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /avraˈham/
- (Syrian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔabraˈham/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔævrɔˈhɔm/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ʔavrɔːˈhɔːm]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔabraːˈhaːm/
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Proper noun edit
אַבְרָהָם • (avrahám) m
- a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham
References edit
- ^ “Abraham”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Yiddish edit
Proper noun edit
אברהם • (avrohem) m
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם (avrohem).