אברהם

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See also: אַבֿרהם

Aramaic

    Pronunciation

    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”).).[1]

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      אַבְרָהָם • (avrahám) m

      1. a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham
      2. (biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham

      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ “Abraham”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

      Yiddish

      Proper noun

      אברהם • (avrohem) m

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