אצבע

אֶצְבַּע • (ʾeṣbaʿ) m

1. singular absolute/construct state of אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā, “finger”)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-.

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɛsˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɛsˤˈbaː.aʕ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔasˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɑsˤˈbæːʕ]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)esˈbæ(ʔ)/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔesˤˈbaʕ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔesˤˈbaʕ/ (East), /(ʔ)et͡sˈbaŋ/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɛt͡sˈba/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)et͡sba/ (common but proscribed), /(ʔ)et͡sˈba/ (rare)

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אֶצְבַּע • (étsba, ʾeṣbáʿ) f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־)

1. (anatomy) finger
2. (human anatomy) forefinger (the index finger: the first finger next to the thumb)

   Synonym: אֶצְבַּע מוֹרָה (étsba morá)

• H676 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible