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title: חֻשָׁם — Husham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֻשָׁם (2367), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Husham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֻשָׁם

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«חֻשָׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Husham** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2367 · **BDB:** חֻשָֿׁם

### Glosses

Husham (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Husham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2367/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2367/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a king of Edom: חֻשָֿׁם Gn 36:34, 35 = חוּשָׁם 1 Ch 1:45, 46.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֻשָׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2367/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.34/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת יוֹבָ֑ב וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו חֻשָׁ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ הַתֵּימָנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Jobab and he.reigned in place.of.him Husham from the.land of the.Temanite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

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[1 Chronicles 1:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.45/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת יוֹבָ֑ב וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו חוּשָׁ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ הַתֵּימָנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Jobab and he.reigned in place.of.him Husham from the.land of the.Temanite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

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