אברהם

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).

• IPA^(key): /ʔabrɑhɑm/

אַבְרָהָם • (ʾaḇrāhām)

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

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

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.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔabraːˈhaːm/
• (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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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)

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.

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

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

אברהם • (avro(e)m) m

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