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אֵם — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: אֵם

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אֵם

ʾēm

mother

אֵם 221 n.f. mother

1. lit. (human) mother

2. fig. of Deborah as caring for her people

3. of animals, dam

4. = point of departure or division

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.