אברהם

See also: אַבֿרהם

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

Proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (ʾaḇrāhām)

1. (biblical) Abraham
2. a male given name

Descendants

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

Hebrew

מערת המכפלה בה קבריהם של אברהם ושרה אשתו

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.

According to others, the meaning is "father is exalted," from אב (“father”) + רם (“exalted, high”).

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (Avrahám) m

1. a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham
   • Tanach, Genesis 17:5:

     וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם כִּי אַב־הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּיךָ׃

     And your name will no longer be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have set you to became a father of a multitude of nations.

2. (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), Ἀβραάμιος (Abraámios)
  • Greek: Αβραάμ (Avraám)
  • → Coptic: ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ (abraam)
    • → Old Nubian: ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ (abraam)
  • → Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham)
  • → Russian: Авраа́м (Avraám)
  • → Latin: Abraam, Abraamus
    • Italian: Abramo
    • Portuguese: Abraão
• Latin: Abraham, Abraam, Abrahamus
  • Catalan: Abraham
  • French: Abraham
  • German: Abraham
  • Hungarian: Ábrahám
  • Old English: Abraham, Habraham
    • Middle English: Abraham
      • English: Abraham
        • Cebuano: Abraham
      • Scots: Abraham, Aubrahaum, Aubrahawm, Awbrahawm
  • Polish: Abraham
  • Spanish: Abraham, Abrahán
    • Tagalog: Abraham
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܰܒܪܳܗܳܡ
• → Aramaic: אברהם
  • → Arabic: إبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) (see there for further descendants)
• → Yiddish: אַבֿרהם (avro(e)m)

References

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

Yiddish

Proper noun

אברהם • (avro(e)m) m

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