אם

See also: אַם‎, Appendix:Variations of "am", and Appendix:Variations of "im"

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־מ־ם‎ (ʾ-m-m)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-. Cognate with Arabic أم‎.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

(formal or dated) mother (one’s female parent)
- Exodus 2:8, with translation of the King James Version:
  ‏וַתֵּלֶךְ הָ עַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת אֵם הַ יָּלֶד‎‎
  vatelékh ha'almá vatikrá et em hayáled
  And the maid went and called the child's mother.
mother, feminine originator or codifier (as in "the mother of all battles")

Declension

Declension of אֵם

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	אֵם	first	אִמִּי‎		אִמֵּנוּ‎
	definite	הָאֵם‎	second	אִמְּךָ‎	אִמֵּךְ‎	אִמְּכֶם‎	אִמְּכֶן‎
	construct	אֵם־	third	אִמּוֹ‎	אִמָּהּ‎	אִמָּם‎	אִמָּן‎
plural	indefinite	אימהות / אִמָּהוֹת‎	first	אימותיי / אִמּוֹתַי‎		אימותינו / אִמּוֹתֵינוּ‎
	definite	האימהות / הָאִמָּהוֹת‎	second	אימותיך / אִמּוֹתֶיךָ‎	אימותייך / אִמּוֹתַיִךְ‎	אימותיכם / אִמּוֹתֵיכֶם‎	אימותיכן / אִמּוֹתֵיכֶן‎
	construct	אימות־ / אִמּוֹת־‎	third	אימותיו / אִמּוֹתָיו‎	אימותיה / אִמּוֹתֶיהָ‎	אימותם / אִמּוֹתָם‎	אימותן / אִמּוֹתָן‎

Derived terms

אַמְנוּן‎ (amnún)
אֵם קְרִיאָה‎ ('em k'ri'á)
שְׂפַת אֵם‎ (s'fat 'ém)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Conjunction

אִם • (im)

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.
in case, if
‏אִם אַתָּה רוֹצֶה, אֲנִי אוּכַל לָבוֹא מָחָר.‎‎
im atá rotsé, aní ukhál lavó makhár.
If you want, I can come tomorrow.
or

Usage notes

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

References

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

Further reading

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

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