"אם" meaning in Hebrew

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Conjunction

IPA: /ʔim/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ʔim] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ʔim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ʔim] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /(ʔ)im/ [Hebrew, Persian], /im/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /(ʔ)im/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-אם.wav Forms: אִם [canonical], im [romanization]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *šim. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šim}} Proto-Semitic *šim Head templates: {{he-con|sc=Hebr|tr=im|wv=אִם}} אִם • (im)
  1. if, whether
    Sense id: en-אם-he-conj-7FMZqRH4
  2. in case, if Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-אם-he-conj-S8B5ztuo Disambiguation of Family: 0 27 0 0 73
  3. or
    Sense id: en-אם-he-conj-cXVRejcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: אִם וְרַק אִם ('im v'rak 'im)
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔeːm/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ˈʔeː.em] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈʔem/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ˈʔeːm] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /(ʔ)em/ [Hebrew, Persian], /ejm/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /(ʔ)em/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Rhymes: -em Etymology: Root א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m) From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-. Etymology templates: {{HE root|אמם}} Root א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m), {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ʔimm-}} Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=אֵם|g=f|m=אָב|pat=קֵטֶל|pl=אימהות|pl2=אִמּוֹת|pldwv=אִמָּהוֹת|tr=em|wv=אֵם}} אֵם • (em) f (plural indefinite אימהות / אִמָּהוֹת or אִמּוֹת, singular construct אֵם־, masculine counterpart אָב) [pattern: קֵטֶל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|אֵם|אִמּוֹ|p|אימהות\אִמָּהוֹת|אימות\אִמּוֹת־}} Forms: אֵם [canonical], em [romanization], אימהות [indefinite, plural], אִמָּהוֹת [indefinite, plural], אִמּוֹת [indefinite, plural], אֵם־ [construct, singular], אָב [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], אֵם [indefinite, singular], אִמִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], אִמֵּנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הָאֵם [definite, singular], אִמְּךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אִמֵּךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אִמְּכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אִמְּכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אֵם־ [construct, singular], אִמּוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אִמָּהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אִמָּם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], אִמָּן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], אימהות [indefinite, plural], אִמָּהוֹת [indefinite, plural], אימותיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], אִמּוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], אימותינו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], אִמּוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], האימהות [definite, plural], הָאִמָּהוֹת [definite, plural], אימותיך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אִמּוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אימותייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אִמּוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], אימותיכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אִמּוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אימותיכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אִמּוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], אימות־ [construct, plural], אִמּוֹת־ [construct, plural], אימותיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אִמּוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אימותיה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אִמּוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], אימותם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], אִמּוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], אימותן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], אִמּוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. (formal or dated) mother (one’s female parent) Tags: dated, formal
    Sense id: en-אם-he-noun-UwSAtGhR
  2. mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in "the mother of all battles") Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-אם-he-noun-mVzrk6Iy Disambiguation of Family: 0 27 0 0 73 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart, Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־מ־ם, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 0 0 95 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 3 97 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart: 17 17 0 0 66 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־מ־ם: 9 91 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 7 0 0 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 0 0 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: אִמָּא (íma) [common, informal] Derived forms: אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ (em hadérekh), אַמְנוּן (amnún), אֵם קְרִיאָה ('em k'ri'á), שְׂפַת אֵם (s'fat 'ém)
Etymology number: 1
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "em hadérekh",
      "word": "אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "amnún",
      "word": "אַמְנוּן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "'em k'ri'á",
      "word": "אֵם קְרִיאָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
      "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "אמם"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʔimm-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m)\nFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "אֵם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "em",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימהות",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָב",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמִּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמֵּנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָאֵם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמֵּךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימהות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "האימהות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָאִמָּהוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימות־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "אֵם",
        "g": "f",
        "m": "אָב",
        "pat": "קֵטֶל",
        "pl": "אימהות",
        "pl2": "אִמּוֹת",
        "pldwv": "אִמָּהוֹת",
        "tr": "em",
        "wv": "אֵם"
      },
      "expansion": "אֵם • (em) f (plural indefinite אימהות / אִמָּהוֹת or אִמּוֹת, singular construct אֵם־, masculine counterpart אָב) [pattern: קֵטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "אֵם",
        "2": "אִמּוֹ",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "אימהות\\אִמָּהוֹת",
        "5": "אימות\\אִמּוֹת־"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And the maid went and called the child's mother.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0202#ב_ח|2:8]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "vatelékh ha'almá vatikrá et em hayáled",
          "text": "וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת אֵם הַיָּלֶד",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (one’s female parent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-אם-he-noun-UwSAtGhR",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal or dated) mother (one’s female parent)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 0 0 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 0 0 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־מ־ם",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 0 0 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 0 0 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 0 0 73",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "he:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in \"the mother of all battles\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-אם-he-noun-mVzrk6Iy"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔeːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeː.em]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔem/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)em/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ejm/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)em/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-em"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "íma",
      "tags": [
        "common",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "אִמָּא"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אם"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "'im v'rak 'im",
      "word": "אִם וְרַק אִם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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  "pos": "conj",
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        {
          "english": "Whether you (f) succeed or not we will be with you.",
          "roman": "im tatslikhí o lo nihyé itákh.",
          "text": "אם תצליחי או לא נהיה איתך.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "if, whether"
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          "if"
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        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 0 0 73",
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          "langcode": "he",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "english": "If you want, I can come tomorrow.",
          "roman": "im atá rotsé, aní ukhál lavó makhár.",
          "text": "אִם אַתָּה רוֹצֶה, אֲנִי אוּכַל לָבוֹא מָחָר.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "in case, if"
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          "in case"
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        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "or"
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      "id": "en-אם-he-conj-cXVRejcL",
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        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ʔim/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔim]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔim/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔim]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)im/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)im/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    },
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  "word": "אם"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־מ־ם",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im/1 syllable",
    "he:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "em hadérekh",
      "word": "אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amnún",
      "word": "אַמְנוּן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "'em k'ri'á",
      "word": "אֵם קְרִיאָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
      "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Root\n א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʔimm-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n א־מ־ם (ʾ-m-m)\nFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.",
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      "form": "אֵם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "em",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימהות",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָב",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמִּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמֵּנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָאֵם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמֵּךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמְּכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֵם־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימהות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמָּהוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "האימהות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָאִמָּהוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימות־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אימותן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִמּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "אֵם",
        "g": "f",
        "m": "אָב",
        "pat": "קֵטֶל",
        "pl": "אימהות",
        "pl2": "אִמּוֹת",
        "pldwv": "אִמָּהוֹת",
        "tr": "em",
        "wv": "אֵם"
      },
      "expansion": "אֵם • (em) f (plural indefinite אימהות / אִמָּהוֹת or אִמּוֹת, singular construct אֵם־, masculine counterpart אָב) [pattern: קֵטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "אֵם",
        "2": "אִמּוֹ",
        "3": "p",
        "4": "אימהות\\אִמָּהוֹת",
        "5": "אימות\\אִמּוֹת־"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew dated terms",
        "Hebrew formal terms",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And the maid went and called the child's mother.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0202#ב_ח|2:8]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "vatelékh ha'almá vatikrá et em hayáled",
          "text": "וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת אֵם הַיָּלֶד",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother (one’s female parent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal or dated) mother (one’s female parent)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in \"the mother of all battles\")"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔeːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeː.em]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔem/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeːm]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)em/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ejm/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)em/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-em"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "íma",
      "tags": [
        "common",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "אִמָּא"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אם"
}

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    "Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im/1 syllable",
    "he:Family"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "'im v'rak 'im",
      "word": "אִם וְרַק אִם"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*šim"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "אִם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "im",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "sc": "Hebr",
        "tr": "im",
        "wv": "אִם"
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      "name": "he-con"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Whether you (f) succeed or not we will be with you.",
          "roman": "im tatslikhí o lo nihyé itákh.",
          "text": "אם תצליחי או לא נהיה איתך.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if, whether"
      ],
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        [
          "if",
          "if"
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        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you want, I can come tomorrow.",
          "roman": "im atá rotsé, aní ukhál lavó makhár.",
          "text": "אִם אַתָּה רוֹצֶה, אֲנִי אוּכַל לָבוֹא מָחָר.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in case, if"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in case",
          "in case"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔim/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔim]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔim/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔim]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)im/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/im/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(ʔ)im/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9D.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9D.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9D.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9D.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אם"
}

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