אברהם

See also: אַבֿרהם

Aramaic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor.

Aramaic אברהם

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

Proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (ʾaḇrāhām)

(biblical) Abraham
a male given name

Descendants

→ Arabic: إبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) (see there for further descendants)

Hebrew

Etymology

According to the etymology mentioned in Genesis 17:4–5, a contraction of his former name אַבְרָם (Avrám, “Abram”) with הָמוֹן (hamón, “multitude”), as he is promised to be the progenitor of many nations through his covenant with God and his obedience. Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted."^[1]

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔabraːˈhaːm/, [ʔavraːˈhaːm]
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔabrɔˈhɔm/, [ʔavʀɔːˈhɔːm]
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /avrɔˈhɔm/, [avˈrɔ.hɔm]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /avraˈham/
(Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔabraˈham/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔævrɔˈhɔm/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /av.ʁaˈham/
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Proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (Avrahám) m

a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham
(biblical, Abrahamism) Abraham (a prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar)

Usage notes

In Jewish tradition the patriarch Abraham is frequently referred to as אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ (Avrahám avínu, literally “Abraham our father”), stressing his role as the ancestor of the Jewish people.

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), Ἀβράμης (Abrámēs), Ἀβραμίας (Abramías), Ἄβραμος (Ábramos)
- Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham)
- → Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám)
- → Latin: Abrāhām, Abrāhāmus
  - Italian: Abramo
  - Portuguese: Abraão
- → Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ (Abraam)
→ Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ
→ Aramaic: אברהם
- → Arabic: إبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Thompson, Thomas L. (2016) [1974]. The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical Abraham. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. →ISBN. pp. 23-24.

H85 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Proper noun

אברהם • (avro(e)m) m

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם (avro(e)m).

[1] Thompson, Thomas L. (2016) [1974]. The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical Abraham. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. →ISBN. pp. 23-24.

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