אברהם

See also: אַבֿרהם‎

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

Proper noun

אברהם • (transliteration needed)

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

Hebrew

Etymology

Either "Father of many", from אַב‎ (aḇ, “father of”) +‎ הֲמוֹן‎ (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) as glossed in Genesis 17:4–5; or "Father is exalted," from אַב‎ (aḇ) +‎ רם‎ (“exalted, high”) (whence also אַבְרָם‎ ('aḇrām, “Abram”).).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

אַבְרָהָם • (avrahám) m

1. a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham

Yiddish

Proper noun

אברהם • (avrohem) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַבֿרהם‎ (avrohem).