1. אם
אם 21g¢ (Hoftijzer VT 7:388ff)
The corpus record — Hebrew
אִם
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אם 21g¢ (Hoftijzer VT 7:388ff)
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 1,070 · 34.88/10k
Senses
2. אִם
if
3. אִם
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
4. אם
אם {The same as 0x (=mother). cp. Eng. ‘female screw-nut
Attestations
- אִם Genesis 4:7 (BHS)
- וְ/אִם֙ Genesis 4:7 (BHS)
- אִם Genesis 13:9 (BHS)
- וְ/אִם Genesis 13:9 (BHS)
- אִם Genesis 13:16 (BHS)
- אִם Genesis 14:23 (BHS)
6 of 1,070 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 65; entry #257 Review: Under source audit
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