אַבְרָם

«אַבְרָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: Abram — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 61 times · Key: 87 · BDB: אַבְרָם

Glosses

Abram (51); of.Abram (9); O.Abram (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Abram tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Abram Abraham tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (id., Thes al. exalted father) Abram Gn 11:26, 27 + 57 times Gn (to 17:5) + 1 Ch 1:27 Ne 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham Gn 17:5, 9, 15 + 172 times OT. (אברהם connected Gn 17:5 by word-play with הם of המון; really = אברם—רום = רהם which however is not found in Heb.—cf. Di > Hal RÉJ 1887, 177 f who proposes אֲבִר הַם גּוֹיִם cf. Gn 49:24 with Is 41:21; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Gn 17:5 (הָם) √המה). SpiegelbergRandglossen 14 cp. Pal. n.pr. geogr. ḥḳrʾ ʾbrru = חקל אברם (c. Egyptian art. masc.), in Sheshonk list. As regards etym., Nöl.c. al. expl. as ‘the father [a divine title] is exalted’ (cf. יְהוֹרָם, מַלְכִּירָם, [אֲ]חִירָם).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אַבְרָם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Chronicles 1:27

אַבְרָ֖ם ה֥וּא אַבְרָהָֽם׃ס

Word for word: Abram he [is].Abraham

JPS 1917: Abram — the same is Abraham.

Genesis 12:9

וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃פ

Word for word: and he.journeyed Abram going and journeying to the south

JPS 1917: And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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