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title: חָם — Ham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָם (2526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Ham. BDB 1906: n.pr.pers.m. loc. Ham. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָם

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«חָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ham** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 2526 · **BDB:** חָם

### Glosses

Ham (9); of.Ham (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2526/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.pers.m. loc. Ham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2526/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.pers.m. and loc. (cf. Sab. חם Hal243)—𝔊 Χαμ:— Ham, 2nd son of Noah Gn 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18(×2) 1 Ch 1:4; called father of Canaan Gn 9:22 and of various peoples 10:1, 6, 20 1 Ch 1:8, cf. מִן־חָם הַיֹּשְׁבִים שָׁם 4:40; these peoples were inhabitants of southern lands, or related historically or politically to such inhabitants; v. כּוּשׁ, כְּנַעַן, מִצְרַיִם, פּוּט, etc. in late ψψ a name (coll.) for Egyptians:—אָֽהֳלֵי־ח׳ ψ 78:51; אֶרֶץ־ח׳ 105:23, 27; 106:22 (all ‖ מִצְרַיִם, exc. 105:27).—On historical significance, and attempts at etymol. v. Di Gen. ed. 6, chap. 10, especially pp. 165, 168 f., Hom SV i. 427 BuUrg. 323 WiedemannÄgypt. Gesch. i. 22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.4/)

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נֹ֥חַ שֵׁ֖ם חָ֥ם וָיָֽפֶת׃ס

*Word for word:* Noah Shem Ham and Japheth

*JPS 1917:* Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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[1 Chronicles 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.8/)

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בְּנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם פּ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Ham \[were\].Cush and Mizraim Put and Canaan

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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