אֵם
em (H0517)
mother
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word אֵם (em) has a clear and direct meaning as "mother." This definition is supported by its placement in the semantic domain of Kinship & Family, indicating its primary association with familial relationships. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible, with 220 instances, underscores its importance in the Hebrew language and the significance of maternal figures in the cultural and literary context of the time. In exploring the range of usage, we can observe that this word likely encompasses various connotations, such as biological or social maternity. Its association with the broader semantic domain suggests that it can also connote a sense of nurture and care that goes beyond biological relationships, encompassing potential adoptive or symbolic roles. Without further context, we can only speculate on the nuances of how this word is used, but its consistency in meaning as "mother" is clear. Given its frequency and definition, the word אֵם (em) likely holds a central place in the Hebrew language's depiction of family life and relationships. Its significance to the general audience lies in understanding the cultural and linguistic importance of maternal figures and their role in shaping familial dynamics. This insight can contribute to a deeper appreciation for the cultural context in which ancient Hebrew texts were written and the values that underpinned the communities that used these texts.
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Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.
The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?”
He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
“You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.
“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
“ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.
“ ‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.
“ ‘If a man takes his sister—his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter—and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a shameful thing. They shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his iniquity.
“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister, for he has made his close relative naked. They shall bear their iniquity.
except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young.
You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
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