אם

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːm/, [ˈʔeː.em]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔem/, [ˈʔeːm]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)em/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ejm/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)em/
• Rhymes: -em

אֵם • (em) f (plural indefinite אימהות / אִמָּהוֹת or אימות / אִמּוֹת, singular construct אֵם־, plural construct אימות / אִמּוֹת־, masculine counterpart אָב) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. (formal, dated) mother (a female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered))
   • Tanach, Exodus 2:8, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת אֵם הַיָּלֶד

     vatelékh ha'almá vatikrá et em hayáled

     And the maid went and called the child's mother.

2. mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in "the mother of all battles")

• אִמָּא (íma) (more common, less formal)

• אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ (em hadérekh)
• אַמְנוּן (amnún)
• אֵם קְרִיאָה (em k'ri'á)
• שְׂפַת אֵם (s'fát ém)

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔim/, [ʔim]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔim/, [ʔiːm]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔim/, [ʔim]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)im/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /im/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔim/, /im/
• Rhymes: -im

• Audio (Israel):

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אִם • (im)

1. if, whether

   אם תצליחי או לא נהיה איתך.

   im tatslíkhi o lo nihyé itákh.

   Whether you (f) succeed or not we will be with you.

2. in case, if

   אִם אַתָּה רוֹצֶה, אֲנִי אוּכַל לָבוֹא מָחָר.

   im atá rotsé, aní ukhál lavó makhár.

   If you want, I can come tomorrow.

3. or

In contrast to English, in predictive conditional sentences, the future tense is commonly used in both the antecedent and the consequent, e.g.

.אם תשמרי את המכתבים שלי, אשמור את המתנות שלָךְ ― If you keep my letters, I will keep your presents.

• אִם וְרַק אִם (im v'rák im)

• “אם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• אם (משפחה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he