אברהם

See also: אַבֿרהם

Aramaic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

Proper noun

אברהם • (transliteration needed)

(biblical) Abraham
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

(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

a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ

References

“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

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם (avrohem).

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