אברהם

See also: אַבֿרהם

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

Proper noun

אברהם • (transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) Abraham
2. a male given name

Hebrew

Etymology

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”).).

Pronunciation

• (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

אַבְרָהָם • (avrahám) m

1. a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ

Yiddish

Proper noun

אברהם • (avrohem) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם (avrohem).