---
title: גַּחַם — Gaham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּחַם (1514), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Gaham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1514.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-2.md)‎ / גַּחַם‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# גַּחַם

<!-- .meta -->
«גַּחַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gaham** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1514 · **BDB:** גַּ֫חַם

### Glosses

Gaham (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gaham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1514/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1514/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (flame?) Gn 22:24 a son of Nahor, brother of Abraham, by רְאוּמָה his concubine.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּחַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1514/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Genesis 22:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.24/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וּפִֽילַגְשׁ֖וֹ וּשְׁמָ֣הּ רְאוּמָ֑ה וַתֵּ֤לֶד גַּם־הִוא֙ אֶת־טֶ֣בַח וְאֶת־גַּ֔חַם וְאֶת־תַּ֖חַשׁ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲכָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and concubine his and name her \[was\].Reumah and she.bore also she (et) Tebah and (et) Gaham and (et) Tahash and (et) Maacah

*JPS 1917:* And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [גַּחֶלֶת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5d7_5b6_5dc_5b6_5ea.md)
- next →: [גַּחַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1515.md)
- ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490-2.md)