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title: אַבְרָהָם — Abraham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְרָהָם (85), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 175 times: Abraham. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְרָהָם

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

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**Used:** 175 times · **Key:** 85 · **BDB:** אַבְרָהָם

### Glosses

Abraham (133); of.Abraham (39); O.Abraham (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abraham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/85/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. אַבְרָם sub II. אבה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְרָהָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/85/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.27/)

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אַבְרָ֖ם ה֥וּא אַבְרָהָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* Abram he \[is\].Abraham

*JPS 1917:* Abram — the same is Abraham.

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[Genesis 21:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.24/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אָנֹכִ֖י אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Abraham I I.will.swear

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham said: 'I will swear.'

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