אֵם
em
- mother
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: mother
1) mother
1a) of humans
1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
1c) of animals
2) point of departure or division
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: mother
Root √אמם: אמם אֵם אֵם be wide, roomy womb, mother amāmu ummu (perh. As. whence,=cf. DlPr 109; butn.prim. acc. to Thes Sta §189b LagBN22).
אֵם n.f mother mother lit. (human) fig. of Deborah as caring for her people dam of animals, point of departure division =or 221.