Abraam

Franco-Provençal

Proper noun

Abraam (Old Valaisan)

1. Alternative form of Abraham

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• Aabraam, Abraham (alternative spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Koine Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈam/

Proper noun

Abraam m

1. (biblical) Abram, Abraham
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:

     Estonz exio melchẏsedec a abraam a la carrera. e bédixol. ⁊ dẏxo. Benedicto sea abraam de dẏos el alto. e diol pá ⁊ vino q́ anos en figura de xṕs. e abraam a el diol el diezmo. de todo lo q́ aduzie.

     Then Melchizedek sent Abram on his way, and blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God the [Most] High.” And he gave him bread and wine, which to us is a figure of Christ. And to him Abram gave the tithe of all he had taken.

Descendants

• Spanish: Abrahám, Abrahán