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title: אַבְרָם — Abram · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְרָם (87), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 61 times: Abram. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Abram Abraham. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְרָם

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«אַבְרָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abram** — 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:** 61 times · **Key:** 87 · **BDB:** אַבְרָם

### Glosses

Abram (51); of.Abram (9); O.Abram (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/87/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Abram Abraham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/87/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (id., Thes al. exalted father) Abram Gn 11:26, 27 + 57 times Gn (to 17:5) + 1 Ch 1:27 Ne 9:7; = אַבְרָהָם Abraham Gn 17:5, 9, 15 + 172 times OT. (אברהם connected Gn 17:5 by word-play with הם of המון; really = אברם—רום = רהם which however is not found in Heb.—cf. Di \> Hal RÉJ 1887, 177 f who proposes אֲבִר הַם גּוֹיִם cf. Gn 49:24 with Is 41:21; so that אֲבִר הָם chief of multitude is the new name of Gn 17:5 (הָם) √המה). SpiegelbergRandglossen 14 cp. Pal. n.pr. geogr. ḥḳrʾ ʾbrru = חקל אברם (c. Egyptian art. masc.), in Sheshonk list. As regards etym., Nöl.c. al. expl. as ‘the father \[a divine title\] is exalted’ (cf. יְהוֹרָם, מַלְכִּירָם, \[אֲ\]חִירָם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְרָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/87/), 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 12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.9/)

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וַיִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָל֥וֹךְ וְנָס֖וֹעַ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.journeyed Abram going and journeying to the south

*JPS 1917:* And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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