יָחַם
Transliteration
yāḥam
Pronunciation
yaw-kham'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 860

Strong’s Definitions

יָחַם yâcham, yaw-kham'; a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive:—get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H3179 in the following manner: conceive (6x), hot (2x), heat (1x), warm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H3179 in the following manner: conceive (6x), hot (2x), heat (1x), warm (1x).

  1. to be hot, conceive

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be hot, become hot

      2. to mate (of animals)

      3. to be or become hot (fig. of anger)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to conceive (sexually)

      2. to be in heat (of animals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָחַם yâcham, yaw-kham'; a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive:—get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
STRONGS H3179: Abbreviations
† [יָחַם] verb be hot,
Pi. conceive (Arabic see inclauerunt pecora, Frey; Aramaic יְחַם be hot, usually of sexual impulse of animals) —
Qal see חמם.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix יֶחֱמַתְנִי Psalm 51:7 in sin my mother conceived me (|| חוֺלָ֑לְתִּי); Infinitive construct of heat of cattle in breeding, conception; בְּכָליַֿחֵם Genesis 30:41 at every breeding-heat of the flock (J); בְּעֵת יַחֵם Genesis 31:10 at the time of the flock's being hot in breeding (E); suffix 3rd person feminine plural לְיַחֲמֶנָּה Genesis 30:41 in order that they might have breeding-heat (J).

Biblical Aramaic

יחם (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew יָחַם, whence חֵמָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:41; 30:41; 31:10

Psalms

51:7