אֵ֥ם — Proverbs 30:17 Hebrew Word Study

אֵ֥ם

𐤀𐤌

a mother

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.

H517

Proverbs 30:17 · Word #6

Lexicon `H517`

Lemma	אֵם
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤀𐤌
Transliteration	ʼêm
Strong's	H517
In-context	a mother

Morphology `HNcfsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H517-01`

mother

Root	אם (ʾ-m)
Core Meanings	motherhood, source, origin, familial bond, nurturing source
Semantic Range	biological mother, ancestress, source or origin of a group or place, metaphorical nurturer, foundational city ("mother city"), point of division (idiomatic uses).
Conceptual Significance	In biblical thought, the "mother" embodies origin, nurture, identity, and covenant continuity. The term can extend metaphorically to cities, nations, or wisdom traditions, highlighting the life-giving and sustaining role central to Israelite family and communal structure.
Morphological Notes	Common feminine singular noun (absolute and construct forms attested: cfsa, cfsc). In construct, it functions as "mother of…" followed by a genitive.
Rendering Rationale	The noun אֵם is a feminine singular noun meaning "mother," the female parent and foundational bond of the family. The rendering "mother" preserves both the literal maternal sense and the broader idea of origin or source inherent in the root, while accurately reflecting the feminine singular form shown in the morphology.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אם (motherhood, source, origin, familial bond, nurturing source)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
	amah	a mother-span
	amah	mother-cubit
`H520-01`	amah	mother-cubit
`H520-02`	amat	forearm-measure of
`H520-03`	amatayim	two forearm-measures
`H520-04`	amot	mother-measures (cubit-lengths)
`H520-05`	baamah	by the mother-measure
`H520-06`	baamot	in the mother-measures
`H520-07`	beamat	by a forearm-cubit
`H520-08`	haamah	the mother-measure
`H517-02`	haem	the mother
`H518-01`	haim	Is it so that…?
	im	if / whether
`H518-02`	im	if
	im	if (in the case that)
	imekha	your mother
`H517-03`	imekhe	your mother
`H517-04`	imekhem	your mother
`H517-05`	imotam	their mothers
`H517-06`	imoteynu	our mothers
`H520-09`	leamot	to forearm-measures
`H517-07`	leem	for mother-of
`H517-08`	leimo	to his mother
`H518-03`	m	if
`H520-10`	mh	mother-measure (cubit)
`H520-11`	mvt	mother-measures of
`H520-12`	ukheamatayim	and like two forearm-measures
	ukheimo	and like his mother
`H517-09`	uleem	and to a mother
`H517-10`	uleimi	and to my mother
`H517-11`	uleimo	and to his mother
`H520-13`	vaamah	in the mother-measure
`H517-12`	vaem	and mother
`H520-14`	veamah	and a mother-cubit
`H520-15`	veamatayim	and two mother-cubit measures
`H520-16`	veamot	and mother-lengths
`H520-17`	vehaamah	and the mother-cubit
	veim	and if
	veim	and if
`H518-04`	veim	and if
`H517-13`	veimah	and her mother
`H517-14`	veimekhe	and your mother
`H517-15`	veimi	and my mother
	veimo	and his mother

Word Usage (220 occurrences of H517)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 2:24	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 3:20	אֵ֥ם	em	mother
Genesis 20:12	אִמִּ֑/י	imi	of my mother
Genesis 21:21	אִמּ֛/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 24:28	אִמָּ֑/הּ	imah	her mother
Genesis 24:53	וּ/לְ/אִמָּֽ/הּ	uleimah	and to her mother
Genesis 24:55	וְ/אִמָּ֔/הּ	veimah	and her mother
Genesis 24:67	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 24:67	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo-2	his mother
Genesis 27:11	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 27:13	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 27:14	לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
Genesis 27:14	אִמּ/וֹ֙	imo	his mother
Genesis 27:29	אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Genesis 28:2	אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Genesis 28:2	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha-2	of your mother
Genesis 28:5	אֵ֥ם	em	mother
Genesis 28:7	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 29:10	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Genesis 29:10	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo-2	of his mother
Genesis 29:10	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo-3	of his mother
Genesis 30:14	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Genesis 32:12	אֵ֖ם	em	mother
Genesis 37:10	וְ/אִמְּ/ךָ֣	veimekha	and your mother
Genesis 43:29	אִמּ/וֹ֒	imo	of his mother
Genesis 44:20	לְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ	leimo	of his mother
Exodus 2:8	אֵ֥ם	em	the mother of
Exodus 20:12	אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	imekha	your mother
Exodus 21:15	וְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ	veimo	or his mother
Exodus 21:17	וְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ	veimo	or-his-mother
Exodus 22:29	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	its mother
Exodus 23:19	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	of its mother
Exodus 34:26	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	of its mother
Leviticus 18:7	אִמְּ/ךָ֖	imekha	of your mother
Leviticus 18:7	אִמְּ/ךָ֣	imekha-2	your mother
Leviticus 18:9	אִמֶּ֔/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Leviticus 18:13	אִמְּ/ךָ֖	imekha	your mother
Leviticus 18:13	אִמְּ/ךָ֖	imekha-2	your mother
Leviticus 19:3	אִמּ֤/וֹ	imo	his mother
Leviticus 20:9	אִמּ֖/וֹ	imo	his mother
Leviticus 20:9	וְ/אִמּ֛/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Leviticus 20:14	אִמָּ֖/הּ	imah	her mother
Leviticus 20:17	אִ֠מּ/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Leviticus 20:19	אִמְּ/ךָ֛	imekha	your mother
Leviticus 21:2	לְ/אִמּ֣/וֹ	leimo	for his mother
Leviticus 21:11	וּ/לְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ	uleimo	or for his mother
Leviticus 22:27	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	its mother
Leviticus 24:11	אִמּ֛/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Numbers 6:7	וּ/לְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ	uleimo	or for his mother
Numbers 12:12	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
Deuteronomy 5:16	אִמֶּ֔/ךָ	imekha	mother
Deuteronomy 13:7	אִ֠מֶּ/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Deuteronomy 14:21	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	of its mother
Deuteronomy 21:13	אִמָּ֖/הּ	imah	her mother
Deuteronomy 21:18	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Deuteronomy 21:19	וְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Deuteronomy 22:6	וְ/הָ/אֵ֤ם	vehaem	and the mother
Deuteronomy 22:6	הָ/אֵ֖ם	haem	the mother
Deuteronomy 22:7	הָ/אֵ֔ם	haem	the mother
Deuteronomy 22:15	וְ/אִמָּ֑/הּ	veimah	and her mother
Deuteronomy 27:16	וְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	veimo	or his mother
Deuteronomy 27:22	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Deuteronomy 33:9	וּ/לְ/אִמּ/וֹ֙	uleimo	and to his mother
Joshua 2:13	אִמִּ֗/י	imi	my-mother
Joshua 2:18	אִמֵּ֜/ךְ	imekhe	your mother
Joshua 6:23	אִמָּ֤/הּ	imah	her mother
Judges 5:7	אֵ֖ם	em	mother
Judges 5:28	אֵ֥ם	em	mother
Judges 8:19	אִמִּ֖/י	imi	of my mother
Judges 9:1	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Judges 9:1	אִמּ֖/וֹ	imo-2	his mother
Judges 9:3	אִמּ֜/וֹ	imo	his mother
Judges 14:2	וּ/לְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ	uleimo	and to his mother
Judges 14:3	וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Judges 14:4	וְ/אִמּ֜/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Judges 14:5	וְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Judges 14:6	וּ/לְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ	uleimo	or his mother
Judges 14:9	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
Judges 14:16	וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֛/י	uleimi	and to my mother
Judges 16:17	אִמִּ֑/י	imi	of my mother
Judges 17:2	לְ/אִמּ֡/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
Judges 17:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
Judges 17:3	לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
Judges 17:3	אִמּ֡/וֹ	imo	his mother
Judges 17:4	לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
Judges 17:4	אִמּ/וֹ֩	imo	his mother
1 Samuel 2:19	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
1 Samuel 15:33	אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	imekha	your mother
1 Samuel 20:30	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
1 Samuel 22:3	וְ/אִמִּ/י֙	veimi	and my mother
2 Samuel 17:25	אֵ֥ם	em	mother-of
2 Samuel 19:38	וְ/אִמִּ֑/י	veimi	and my mother
2 Samuel 20:19	וְ/אֵם֙	veem	and a mother
1 Kings 1:11	אֵם	em	mother
1 Kings 2:13	אֵם	em	the mother
1 Kings 2:19	לְ/אֵ֣ם	leem	for mother-of
1 Kings 2:20	אִמִּ֔/י	imi	my mother
1 Kings 2:22	לְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
1 Kings 3:27	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	is his mother
1 Kings 11:26	אִמּ/וֹ֙	imo	of his mother
1 Kings 14:21	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
1 Kings 14:31	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
1 Kings 15:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
1 Kings 15:10	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
1 Kings 15:13	אִמּ֗/וֹ	imo	his mother
1 Kings 17:23	לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	leimo	to his mother
1 Kings 19:20	וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֔/י	uleimi	and my mother
1 Kings 22:42	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
1 Kings 22:53	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 3:2	וּ/כְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	ukheimo	and like his mother
2 Kings 3:13	אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
2 Kings 4:19	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 4:20	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 4:30	אֵ֣ם	em	mother
2 Kings 8:26	אִמּ/וֹ֙	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 9:22	אִמְּ/ךָ֛	imekha	your mother
2 Kings 11:1	אֵ֣ם	em	mother
2 Kings 12:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 14:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
2 Kings 15:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 15:33	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 18:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 21:1	אִמּ֖/וֹ	imo	his-mother
2 Kings 21:19	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 22:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 23:31	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Kings 23:36	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of-his-mother
2 Kings 24:8	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Kings 24:12	וְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
2 Kings 24:15	אֵ֣ם	em	mother
2 Kings 24:18	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of-his-mother
Isaiah 8:4	וְ/אִמִּ֑/י	veimi	or my mother
Isaiah 49:1	אִמִּ֖/י	imi	of my mother
Isaiah 50:1	אִמְּ/כֶם֙	imekhem	of your mother
Isaiah 50:1	אִמְּ/כֶֽם	imekhem-2	your mother
Isaiah 66:13	אִמּ֖/וֹ	imo	his mother
Jeremiah 15:8	אֵ֛ם	em	mother
Jeremiah 15:10	אִמִּ֔/י	imi	my-mother
Jeremiah 16:3	אִמֹּתָ֞/ם	imotam	their mothers
Jeremiah 16:7	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	his mother
Jeremiah 20:14	אִמִּ֖/י	imi	my mother
Jeremiah 20:17	אִמִּ/י֙	imi	mother-my
Jeremiah 22:26	אִמְּ/ךָ֙	imekha	your-mother
Jeremiah 50:12	אִמְּ/כֶם֙	imekhem	your mother
Jeremiah 52:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
Ezekiel 16:3	וְ/אִמֵּ֥/ךְ	veimekhe	and-mother-your
Ezekiel 16:44	כְּ/אִמָּ֖/ה	keimah	Like mother
Ezekiel 16:45	אִמֵּ֣/ךְ	imekhe	your mother
Ezekiel 16:45	אִמְּ/כֶ֣ן	imekhen	your mother
Ezekiel 19:2	אִמְּ/ךָ֙	imekha	your mother
Ezekiel 19:10	אִמְּ/ךָ֥	imekha	your mother
Ezekiel 21:26	אֵ֣ם	em	the mother
Ezekiel 22:7	וָ/אֵם֙	vaem	and-mother
Ezekiel 23:2	אֵם	em	of mother
Ezekiel 44:25	וּ֠/לְ/אֵם	uleem	or for mother
Hosea 2:4	בְ/אִמְּ/כֶם֙	veimekhem	with your mother
Hosea 2:7	אִמָּ֔/ם	imam	her-mother/them
Hosea 4:5	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha-2	your-mother
Hosea 10:14	אֵ֥ם	em	mother
Micah 7:6	בְ/אִמָּ֔/הּ	veimah	against her mother
Zechariah 13:3	וְ/אִמּ֤/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
Zechariah 13:3	וְ/אִמּ֛/וֹ	veimo-2	and his mother
Psalms 22:10	אִמִּֽ/י	imi	of my mother
Psalms 22:11	אִ֝מִּ֗/י	imi	of my mother
Psalms 27:10	וְ/אִמִּ֣/י	veimi	and my mother
Psalms 35:14	אֵ֝֗ם	em	mother
Psalms 50:20	אִ֝מְּ/ךָ֗	imekha	of your mother
Psalms 51:7	אִמִּֽ/י	imi	my mother
Psalms 69:9	אִמִּֽ/י	imi	my mother
Psalms 71:6	אִ֭מִּ/י	imi	of my mother
Psalms 109:14	אִ֝מּ֗/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Psalms 113:9	אֵֽם	em	a mother
Psalms 131:2	אִמּ֑/וֹ	imo	his mother
Psalms 139:13	אִמִּֽ/י	imi	of my mother
Proverbs 1:8	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Proverbs 4:3	אִמִּֽ/י	imi	my mother
Proverbs 6:20	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha	of your mother
Proverbs 10:1	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	of his mother
Proverbs 15:20	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	his mother
Proverbs 19:26	אֵ֑ם	em	mother
Proverbs 20:20	וְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ	veimo	or his mother
Proverbs 23:22	אִמֶּֽ/ךָ	imekha	your mother
Proverbs 23:25	וְ/אִמֶּ֑/ךָ	veimekha	and your mother
Proverbs 28:24	וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ	veimo	or his mother
Proverbs 29:15	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	his-mother
Proverbs 30:11	אִ֝מּ֗/וֹ	imo	his mother
Proverbs 30:17	אֵ֥ם	em	a mother
Proverbs 31:1	אִמּֽ/וֹ	imo	his mother
Job 1:21	אִמִּ֗/י	imi	of my mother
Job 17:14	אִמִּ֥/י	imi	my mother
Job 31:18	אִמִּ֣/י	imi	of my mother
Song of Songs 1:6	אִמִּ֣/י	imi	my mother
Song of Songs 3:4	אִמִּ֔/י	imi	of my mother
Song of Songs 3:11	אִמּ/וֹ֙	imo	his mother
Song of Songs 6:9	לְ/אִמָּ֔/הּ	leimah	to her mother
Song of Songs 8:1	אִמִּ֑/י	imi	of my mother
Song of Songs 8:2	אִמִּ֖/י	imi	of my mother
Song of Songs 8:5	אִמֶּ֔/ךָ	imekha	your mother
Ruth 1:8	אִמָּ֑/הּ	imah	of her mother
Ruth 2:11	וְ/אִמֵּ֗/ךְ	veimekhe	and your mother
Lamentations 2:12	לְ/אִמֹּתָ/ם֙	leimotam	to their mothers
Lamentations 2:12	אִמֹּתָֽ/ם	imotam	their mothers'
Lamentations 5:3	אִמֹּתֵ֖י/נוּ	imoteynu	our mothers
Ecclesiastes 5:14	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo
Esther 2:7	וָ/אֵ֑ם	vaem	or mother
Esther 2:7	וְ/אִמָּ֔/הּ	veimah	and her mother
1 Chronicles 2:26	אֵ֥ם	em	mother
1 Chronicles 4:9	וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ	veimo	and his mother
2 Chronicles 12:13	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Chronicles 13:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Chronicles 15:16	אֵ֣ם	em	mother
2 Chronicles 20:31	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
2 Chronicles 22:2	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Chronicles 22:3	אִמּ֛/וֹ	imo	his-mother
2 Chronicles 22:10	אֵ֣ם	em	the mother
2 Chronicles 24:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of his mother
2 Chronicles 25:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	of-his-mother
2 Chronicles 26:3	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	mother-his
2 Chronicles 27:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his mother
2 Chronicles 29:1	אִמּ֔/וֹ	imo	his-mother

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Lexicon H517

Morphology HNcfsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H517-01

Words from Root אם (motherhood, source, origin, familial bond, nurturing source)

Word Usage (220 occurrences of H517)

Lexicon `H517`

Morphology `HNcfsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H517-01`