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H517
Hebrew
Original Word
אֵםTransliteration
ʼêm
Pronunciation
ame
Definition
a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
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