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title: יָחַם — be hot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָחַם (3179), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: be hot. BDB 1906: vb. be hot Pi. conceive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָחַם

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«יָחַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be hot** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3179 · **BDB:** יָחַם

### Glosses

they.were.in.heat (2); she (1); the.being.in.heat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be hot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3179/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be hot Pi. conceive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3179/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be hot, Pi. conceive (Arabic وَحَمَ v. incaluerunt pecora, Frey; Aramaic יְחַם be hot, usually of sexual impulse of animals)— v. חמם. Pf. 3 fs. sf. יֶחֱמַתְנִי ψ 51:7 in sin my mother conceived me (‖ חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי); Inf. cstr. of heat of cattle in breeding, conception; בְּכָל־יַחֵם Gn 30:41 at every breeding-heat of the flock (J); בְּעֵת יַחֵם 31:10 at the time of the flock’s being hot in breeding (E); sf. 3 fpl. לְיַחֲמֶנָּה (v. GK. 91f) 30:41 in order that they might have breeding-heat (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָחַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3179/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 51:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.7/)

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הֵן־בְּעָו֥וֹן חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* here! in iniquity I.was.brought.forth and in sin she conceived.me mother my

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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[Genesis 30:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.39/)

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וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.in.heat the flock to the branches and they.bore the flock striped.\[ones\] speckled.\[ones\] and spotted.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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