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Lexicon :: Strong's H517 - 'ēm

Aa
אֵם
Transliteration
'ēm
Pronunciation
ame
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 115a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x

The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x
The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).
  1. mother

    1. of humans

    2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)

    3. of animals

  2. point of departure or division

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.
STRONGS H517: Abbreviations
אֵם 221 noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic أُمًّ, إِمًّ Ethiopic እዎ, Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. BaeRel 118) Assyrian ummu COTGloss; Aramaic אֵם, אִימָּא, axmAe  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 32:12 +; construct Genesis 3:20 +; suffix אִמִּי Genesis 20:12 + etc.; plural only suffix אִמֹּתֵנוּ Lamentations 5:3; אִמֹּתָם Jeremiah 16:3; Lamentations 2:12 (twice in verse); —
1. literal (human) mother, as parent Genesis 20:12; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 44:20; Exodus 2:8; Psalm 51:7; Psalm 113:9 (opposed to עֲקֶרֶת) Jeremiah 15:8 10; Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 50:12; 1 Chronicles 4:9; Songs 6:9; Songs 8:5 +; hence of Eve אֵם כָּל־חָ֑י Genesis 3:20; in poetry of birth, יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אֵם Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:14; יָצָא מֵרֶחֶם אֵם Numbers 12:12 compare Psalm 139:13 (Jeremiah 20:18 &) מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי גּוֺזִי Psalm 71:6 (subject י׳, compare גחה Psalm 22:10; > גּוֺזִי = my benefactor from birth Thes Ew Hup Pe); also וַתְּהִי אִמִּי קִבְרִי Jeremiah 20:17; מִבֶּטֶן אֵם = from earliest existence Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11; so מִמְּעֵי אֵם Isaiah 49:1; as giving suck Songs 8:1 (שְׁדֵי אֵם) Psalm 22:10; compare Psalm 131:2 (see Exodus 2:9 compare Exodus 2:8); as exercising authority Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:28; Genesis 27:11), 13) 14; Judges 17:2f; Ruth 1:8; Songs 3:4; Songs 8:2 etc.; especially of queen-mother as possessing dignity & influence 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:13) 19) 20; 2 Chronicles 22:2), 3; Songs 3:11; Proverbs 31:1; compare names of mothers of kings of Judah 1 Kings 14:21), 31; 1 Kings 15:2), 10), 13 +; as shewing love & care 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 66:13 (simile of י׳'s comforting his people; compare also Genesis 27:45); as beloved & lamented 1 Kings 19:20 (|| אָב) Genesis 24:67; Psalm 35:14; בֶּן־אִמּוֺ = own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29; & || אָח Genesis 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9; Songs 1:6; compare Songs 8:1; so בַּת־אִמּוֺ Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17; Deuteronomy 27:22 (|| בַּת־אָבִיו) Genesis 20:12; often with אָב, as parentes Jeremiah 16:3; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 8:4; as rightfully claiming honour, authority, etc., compare above, Genesis 28:7 (P) compare Genesis 37:10 (E) Judges 14:2f, so in precept Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20 etc. compare Ezekiel 22:7; laws enjoining these Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 19:3 compare Deuteronomy 22:15; laws prohib. contrary Exodus 21:15), 17 (E) Leviticus 20:9 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 21:18), 19; Deuteronomy 27:16; laws as to mourning for Leviticus 21:2), 11 (H) Numbers 6:7 (P) compare Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 44:25; left for wife Genesis 2:24; for mother-in-law Ruth 2:24; [Ruth 2:11] for husband Deuteronomy 21:13 (law for captive women); compare Deuteronomy 33:9 (of devoted service of Levites); loving, caring for children Proverbs 4:3 (on the opposite compare Psalm 27:10); loved, cared for Joshua 2:13 compare Joshua 2:18; Joshua 6:23. 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Kings 19:20 compare 2 Samuel 19:38.
†2. figurative of Deborah as caring for her people אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל Judges 5:7 (compare אָב Isaiah 22:21; Job 29:16); so of a city 2 Samuel 20:19 ('stock, race, community' RSK 28 compare Proph. iv. n 8); of Israel Hosea 2:4; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 4:5; compare Hosea 10:14; of Judah Isaiah 50:1 (twice in verse); of Hittite as mother of Jerusalem אָבִיךְ הָאֱמֹרִי וְאִמֵּךְ חִתִּית Ezekiel 16:3), 45 compare Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; also Ezekiel 19:2), 10 & see Ezekiel 23:2.
† 3. of animals, dam Exodus 22:29 (of ox & sheep) Leviticus 22:27 (of bullock, sheep, or goat); Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 = Deuteronomy 14:21 (of kid); mother-bird Deuteronomy 22:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:7; figurative Job 17:14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה ׃.
†4. = point of departure or division אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 21:26. (|| ראֹשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 3:20; 3:20; 20:12; 20:12; 20:12; 21:21; 24:28; 24:67; 27:11; 27:14; 27:29; 27:45; 28:7; 32:12; 32:12; 37:10; 43:29; 44:20

Exodus

2:8; 2:8; 2:9; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17; 22:29; 23:19; 34:26

Leviticus

18:9; 19:3; 20:9; 20:17; 21:2; 21:11; 22:27

Numbers

6:7; 12:12

Deuteronomy

5:16; 13:7; 14:21; 21:13; 21:18; 21:19; 22:6; 22:7; 22:15; 27:16; 27:22; 33:9

Joshua

2:13; 2:18; 6:23

Judges

5:7; 8:19; 14:2; 16:17; 17:2

Ruth

1:8

1 Samuel

2:19; 22:3

2 Samuel

19:38; 20:19

1 Kings

1:11; 2:13; 2:19; 2:20; 3:27; 14:21; 14:31; 15:2; 15:10; 15:13; 17:23; 19:20; 19:20

2 Kings

4:30

1 Chronicles

4:9

2 Chronicles

22:2; 22:3

Job

1:21; 17:14; 29:16; 31:18

Psalms

22:10; 22:10; 22:11; 27:10; 35:14; 50:20; 51:7; 69:9; 71:6; 113:9; 131:2; 139:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:3; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 31:1

Ecclesiastes

5:14

Song of Songs

1:6; 3:4; 3:11; 6:9; 8:1; 8:1; 8:2; 8:5

Isaiah

8:4; 22:21; 49:1; 50:1; 66:13

Jeremiah

15:8; 15:10; 16:3; 16:3; 16:7; 20:14; 20:17; 20:18; 22:26; 50:12

Lamentations

2:12; 5:3

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:44; 16:45; 16:45; 19:2; 19:10; 21:26; 22:7; 23:2; 44:25

Hosea

2:4; 2:7; 4:5; 10:14

Zechariah

13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H517 matches the Hebrew אֵם ('ēm),
which occurs 220 times in 202 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:24–Deu 22:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 -

For H5921 this H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 a man H376 shall leave H5800 his father H1 and his mother H517, and be joined H1692 to his wife H802; and they shall become H1961 one H259 flesh H1320.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 -

Now the man H120 named H7121 H8034 his wife H802 [fn]Eve H2332, because H3588 she was the mother H517 of all H3605 the living H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - “Besides H1571, she actually H546 is my sister H269, the daughter H1323 of my father H1, but not the daughter H1323 of my mother H517; and she became H1961 my wife H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - He lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290, and his mother H517 took H3947 a wife H802 for him from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 -

Then the young H5291 woman H5291 ran H7323 and told H5046 her mother’s H517 household H1004 about these H428 things H1697.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - And the servant H5650 brought H3318 out H3318 articles H3627 of silver H3701 and articles H3627 of gold H2091, and garments H899, and gave H5414 them to Rebekah H7259; he also gave H5414 precious H4030 things H4030 to her brother H251 and to her mother H517.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother H251 and her mother H517 said H559, “Let the young H5291 woman H5291 stay H3427 with us a few days H3117, say H176 ten H6218; afterward H310 she may go H1980.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac H3327 brought H935 her into his mother H517 Sarah’s H8283 tent H168, and he took H3947 Rebekah H7259, and she became H1961 his wife H802, and he loved H157 her; so Isaac H3327 was comforted H5162 after H310 his mother’s H517 death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - But Jacob H3290 said H559 to his mother H517 Rebekah H7259, “Behold H2005, my brother H251 Esau H6215 is a hairy H8163 man H376 and I am a smooth H2509 man H376.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother H517 said H559 to him, “Your curse H7045 be on me, my son H1121; only H389 obey H8085 my voice H6963, and go H1980, get H3947 the goats for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - So he went H1980 and got H3947 them, and brought H935 them to his mother H517; and his mother H517 made H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303 such H834 as H834 his father H1 loved H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples H5971 serve H5647 you,

And nations H3816 bow H2331 down H2331 to you;

Be master H1376 of your brothers H251,

And may your mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow H2331 down H2331 to you.

Cursed H779 be those who curse H779 you,

And blessed H1288 be those who bless H1288 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - “Arise H6965, go H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307, to the house H1004 of Bethuel H1328 your mother’s H517 father H1; and from there H8033 take H3947 to yourself a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Laban H3837, your mother’s H517 brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Then Isaac H3327 sent H7971 Jacob H3290 away H7971, and he went H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307 to Laban H3837, son H1121 of Bethuel H1328 the Aramean H761, the brother H251 of Rebekah H7259, the mother H517 of Jacob H3290 and Esau H6215.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob H3290 had obeyed H8085 his father H1 and his mother H517 and had gone H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When H834 Jacob H3290 saw H7200 Rachel H7354 the daughter H1323 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, and the sheep H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837, Jacob H3290 went H5066 up H5066 and rolled H1556 the stone H68 from the mouth H6310 of the well H875, and watered H8248 the flock H6629 of his mother’s H517 brother H251 Laban H3837.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 -

Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son’s H1121 mandrakes H1736.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - “Save H5337 me, please H4994, from the hand H3027 of my brother H251, from the hand H3027 of Esau H6215; for I fear H3372 him, that he will come H935 and [fn]attack H5221 me and the mothers H517 with the children H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - He also told H5608 it to his father H1 as well as to his brothers H251; and his father H1 rebuked H1605 him and said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 dream H2472 that you have [fn]had H2492? Am I and your mother H517 and your brothers H251 actually H935 going to come H935 to bow H2331 down H2331 to the ground H776 before you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And as he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and saw H7200 his brother H251 Benjamin H1144, his mother’s H517 son H1121, he said H559, “Is this H2088 your youngest H6996 brother H251, of whom H834 you spoke H559 to me?” Then he said H559, “May God H430 be H2603 gracious H2603 to you, my son H1121.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “And we said H559 to my lord H113, ‘We have H3426 an old H2205 father H1 and a little H6996 boy H3206 born in our father’s old H2208 age H2208. Now his brother H251 is dead H4191, so he alone H905 is left H3498 of his mother H517, and his father H1 loves H157 him.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, “Go H1980 ahead.” So the girl H5959 went H1980 and called H7121 the child’s H3206 mother H517.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 -

“Honor H3513 your father H1 and your mother H517, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15 -

“And one who strikes H5221 his father H1 or his mother H517 shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 -

“And one who curses H7043 his father H1 or his mother H517 shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - “You shall do H6213 the same H3651 with your oxen H7794 and with your sheep H6629. It shall be with its mother H517 for seven H7651 days H3117; on the eighth H8066 day H3117 you shall give H5414 it to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 -

“You shall bring H935 the choice H7225 first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430.

“You are not to boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in the milk H2461 of its mother H517.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 -

“You shall bring H935 the very first H7225 of the first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430.

“You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk H2461.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father H1, that is, the nakedness H6172 of your mother H517. She is your mother H517; you are not to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - As for the nakedness H6172 of your sister H269, either your father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 your mother’s H517 daughter H1323, whether born H4138 in the household H1004 or H176 born H4138 outside H2351 the household, you shall not uncover H1540 their nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269, for she is your mother’s H517 blood H7607 relative H7607.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3 - ‘Every H376 one H376 of you shall revere H3372 his mother H517 and his father H1, and you shall keep H8104 My Sabbaths H7676; I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 -

‘If H3588 there is anyone H376 who H834 curses H7043 his father H1 or his mother H517, he shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191. He has cursed H7043 his father H1 or his mother H517, and has brought his [fn]own death H1818 upon himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 [fn]marries H3947 a woman H802 and her mother H517, it is an outrageous H2154 sin H2154; both he and they shall be burned H8313 with fire H784, so that there will be no H3808 such outrageous H2154 sin H2154 in your midst H8432.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 -

‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 his mother’s H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister’s H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - ‘You shall also not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269 or of your father’s H1 sister H269, for such a one has uncovered H6168 his [fn]blood H7607 relative H7607; they will bear H5375 their guilt H5771.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except H3588 H518 for his relatives H7607 who are nearest H7138 to him, his mother H517, his father H1, his son H1121, his daughter H1323, and his brother H251,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - nor H3808 shall he approach H935 any H3605 dead H4191 person H5315, nor H3808 defile H2930 himself even for his father H1 or his mother H517;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When H3588 an ox H7794 or H176 a sheep H3775 or H176 a goat H5795 is born H3205, it shall [fn]remain H1961 seven H7651 days H3117 [fn]with its mother H517, and from the eighth H8066 day H3117 on it will be considered H7521 acceptable H7521 as a sacrifice H7133 of an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son H1121 of the Israelite H3482 woman H802 blasphemed H6895 the Name H8034 and cursed H7043. So they brought H935 him to Moses H4872. (Now his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Shelomith H8019, the daughter H1323 of Dibri H1704, of the tribe H4294 of Dan H1835.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - ‘He shall not make H2930 himself unclean H2930 for his father H1 or for his mother H517, for his brother H251 or for his sister H269, when they die H4194, because H3588 his consecration H5145 to God H430 is [fn]on his head H7218.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Oh H4994, do not let her be like a dead H4191 person H4191, whose H834 flesh H1320 is half H2677 eaten H398 away when he comes H3318 out H3318 of his mother’s H517 womb H7358!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 -

‘Honor H3513 your father H1 and your mother H517, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 and that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother’s H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is like your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let’s go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430’ (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the stranger H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a stranger H5237; for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God H430. You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk H2461.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - “She shall also [fn]remove H5493 the clothes H8071 of her captivity H7628 and shall remain H3427 in your house H1004, and weep H1058 for her father H1 and mother H517 a full H3117 month H3391; and after H310 that you may have H935 relations H935 with H935 her and become H1166 her husband H1166 and she shall be your wife H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 -

“If H3588 any H376 person H376 has H1961 a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 son H1121 who does not obey H8085 H6963 his father H1 or his mother H517, and when they discipline H3256 him, he does not listen H8085 to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father H1 and mother H517 shall seize H8610 him, and bring H3318 him out H3318 to the elders H2205 of his city H5892 [fn]at the gateway H8179 of his hometown H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 -

“If H3588 you happen H7122 to H7122 come H7122 upon a bird’s H6833 nest H7064 along the way H1870, in any H3605 tree H6086 or H176 on the ground H776, with young H667 ones H667 or H176 eggs H1000 in it, and the mother H517 sitting H7257 on the young H667 or H176 on the eggs H1000, you shall not take H3947 the mother H517 with the young H1121;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - you shall certainly H7971 let H7971 the mother H517 go H7971, but the young H1121 you may take H3947 for yourself, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 it may go H3190 well H3190 for you and that you may prolong H748 your days H3117.

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