אֵם221 noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic , Ethiopic , Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. BaeRel 118) Assyrian ummu COTGloss; Aramaic אֵם, אִימָּא, ) — ׳א absolute 1 Mos 32,12 +; construct 1 Mos 3,20 +; suffix אִמִּי 1 Mos 20,12 + etc.; plural only suffix אִמֹּתֵנוּ Klg 5,3 אִמֹּתָם Jer 16,3; Klg 2,12 (twice in verse); —
1. literal (human)
mother, as parent
1 Mos 20,12;
1 Mos 32,12;
1 Mos 44,20;
2 Mos 2,8;
Sl 51,7;
Sl 113,9 ( opposed to
עֲקֶרֶת)
Jer 15,8;
Jer 15,10;
Jer 20,14;
Jer 22,26;
Jer 50,12;
1 Kron 4,9;
Hoj 6,9;
Hoj 8,5 +; hence of Eve
אֵם כָּלחָֿ֑י 1 Mos 3,20 in poetry of birth,
יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אֵם Job 1,21;
Praed 5,14 יָצָא מֵרֶחֶם אֵם 4 Mos 12,12 compare
Sl 139,13 (
Jer 20,18 &)
מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי גּוֺזִי Sl 71,6 (subject
׳י, compare
גחה Sl 22,10 >
גּוֺזִי =
my benefactor from birth
Thes Ew Hup Pe); also
וַתְּהִי אִמִּי קִבְרִי Jer 20,17 מִבֶּטֶן אֵם = from earliest existence
Dom 16,17;
Job 31,18;
Sl 22,11 so
מִמְּעֵי אֵם Es 49,1 as giving suck
Hoj 8,1 (
שְׁדֵי אֵם)
Sl 22,10 compare
Sl 131,2 (see
2 Mos 2,9 compare v
2 Mos 2,8); as exercising authority
1 Mos 21,21;
1 Mos 24,28;
1 Mos 27,11;
1 Mos 27,13;
1 Mos 27,14;
Dom 17,2 f
Rut 1,8;
Hoj 3,4;
Hoj 8,2 etc.; especially of queen-mother as possessing dignity & influence
1 Kong 1,11;
1 Kong 2,13;
1 Kong 2,19;
1 Kong 2,20;
2 Kron 22,2;
2 Kron 22,3;
Hoj 3,11;
Ord 31,1 compare names of mo-thers of kings of Judah
1 Kong 14,21;
1 Kong 14,31;
1 Kong 15,2;
1 Kong 15,10;
1 Kong 15,13 +; as shewing love & care
1 Sam 2,19;
1 Kong 3,27;
1 Kong 17,23;
2 Kong 4,30;
Es 66,13 (simile of
׳י's comforting his people; compare also
1 Mos 27,45); as beloved & lamented
1 Kong 19,20 (||
אָב)
1 Mos 24,67;
Sl 35,14 בֶּןאִֿמּוֺ =
own (uterine)
brother 1 Mos 43,29 & ||
אָח 1 Mos 27,29;
5 Mos 13,7;
Dom 8,19;
Sl 50,20;
Sl 69,9;
Hoj 1,6 compare
Hoj 8,1 so
בַּתאִֿמּוֺ 3 Mos 18,9;
3 Mos 20,17;
5 Mos 27,22 (||
בַּתאָֿבִיו)
1 Mos 20,12 often with
אָב, as
parentes Jer 16,3;
Zak 13,3 (twice in verse);
Es 8,4 as rightfully claiming honour, authority, etc., compare above,
1 Mos 28,7 (
P) compare
1 Mos 37,10 (
E)
Dom 14,2 f, so in precept
Ord 1,8;
Ord 6,20;
Ord 10,1;
Ord 15,20 etc. compare
Ezk 22,7 laws enjoining these
2 Mos 20,12 =
5 Mos 5,16;
3 Mos 19,3 compare
5 Mos 22,15 laws prohib. contrary
2 Mos 21,15;
2 Mos 21,17 (
E)
3 Mos 20,9 (twice in verse) (
H)
5 Mos 21,18;
5 Mos 21,19;
5 Mos 27,16 laws as to mourning for
3 Mos 21,2;
3 Mos 21,11 (
H)
4 Mos 6,7 (
P) compare
Jer 16,7;
Ezk 44,25 left for wife
1 Mos 2,24 for mother-in-law
Rut 2,24 for husband
5 Mos 21,13 (law for captive women); compare
5 Mos 33,9 (of devoted service of Levites); loving, caring for children
Ord 4,3 (on the opposite compare
Sl 27,10); loved, cared for
Jos 2,13 compare v
Jos 2,18;
Jos 6,23.
1 Sam 22,3;
1 Kong 19,20 compare
2 Sam 19,38.
2. figurative of Deborah as caring for her people
אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל Dom 5,7 (compare
אָב Es 22,21;
Job 29,16); so of a city
2 Sam 20,19 ('stock, race, community'
RSK 28 compare Proph. iv. n 8); of Israel
Hos 2,4;
Hos 2,7;
Hos 4,5 compare
Hos 10,14 of Judah
Es 50,1 (twice in verse); of Hittite as mother of Jerusalem
אָבִיךְ הָאֱמֹרִי וְאִמֵּךְ חִתִּית Ezk 16,3;
Ezk 16,45 compare v
Ezk 16,44 v
Ezk 16,45 also
Ezk 19,2;
Ezk 19,10 & see
Ezk 23,2.
3. of animals,
dam 2 Mos 22,29 (of ox & sheep)
3 Mos 22,27 (of bullock, sheep, or goat);
2 Mos 23,19 =
2 Mos 34,26 =
5 Mos 14,21 (of kid);
mother-bird 5 Mos 22,6 (twice in verse);
5 Mos 22,7 figurative
Job 17,14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה ׃.
4. =
point of departure or
division אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ Ezk 21,26. (||
ראֹשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים).