{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H517",
  "lemma": "אֵם",
  "transliteration": "ʼêm",
  "definition": "a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))",
  "kjv": "dam, mother, [idiom] parting.",
  "occurrences": 220,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֵם 221 n.f. mother",
    "1. lit. (human) mother",
    "2. fig. of Deborah as caring for her people",
    "3. of animals, dam",
    "4. = point of departure or division"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:24",
      "text": "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:20",
      "text": "The man called his wife Havah because she would be the mother of all the living.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:12",
      "text": "Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:21",
      "text": "He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:28",
      "text": "The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:53",
      "text": "The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=53"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:55",
      "text": "Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=55"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:67",
      "text": "Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=67"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:11",
      "text": "Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:13",
      "text": "His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=13"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H517",
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