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Eb Minor 7, written Ebm7, is built from Eb, Gb, Bb and Db: the root, minor 3rd, 5th and minor 7th.
Its 3rd and 7th, Gb and Db, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.
In the progressions here, Ebm7 is the ii7 of the Major ii-V Progression in Db, the iv7 of the Backdoor ii-V-I Progression in Bb, the vi7 of the Deceptive Cadence in Gb, the i7 of the Minor i-vi-ii-V Progression in Eb, the v7 of the Whole-Step ii-V Chain in Ab and the ♭iii7 of the Half-Step ii-V Chain in C.