אם

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)em/
• Rhymes: -em

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

1. (formal or dated) mother (one’s female parent)
   • 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'fat 'ém)

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)im/
• Rhymes: -im

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אִם • (im)

1. if, whether

   אם תצליחי או לא נהיה איתך.

   im tatslikhí 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

• Unlike English if, future tense commonly occurs after אִם (im).

• אִם וְרַק אִם ('im v'rak 'im)

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

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