Strongs Number: H517
- Hebrew Word
- אֵם
- Transliteration
- ʼêm
- Phonetic
- ame
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H1)
- BDB Definition
-
1. mother
a. of humans
b. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
c. of animals
2. point of departure or division
- Origin
- A primitive word
- Bible Usage
- {dam} {mother} X-(idiom) parting.