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title: כִּמְהָם — Chimham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּמְהָם (3643), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Chimham. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּמְהָם

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«כִּמְהָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Chimham** — 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:** 3643 · **BDB:** כִּמְהָם

### Glosses

Kimham (3); Kimhan (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Chimham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3643/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3643/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. attendant of David 2 S 19:38, 39 = כִּמְהָן v 41; 𝔊 in all Χιμααμ, 𝔊L Αχιμααμ. in n.loc. גֵּרוּת כִמְהָם Je 41:17 Qr (Kt כמוהם), cf. גֵּרוּת p. 158 supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּמְהָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3643/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 41:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.17/)

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וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּגֵר֣וּת כִּמְהָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֖צֶל בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם לָלֶ֖כֶת לָב֥וֹא מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.went and they.remained at Geruth Kimham which \[is\].beside Bethlehem Bethlehem to go to go Egypt

*JPS 1917:* and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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[2 Samuel 19:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.41/)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה וְכִמְהָ֖ן עָבַ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ וְכָל־עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ הֶעֱבִ֣ירוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְגַ֕ם חֲצִ֖י עַ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed.over the king to (the) Gilgal and Kimhan he.passed.over with him and all the.people of.Judah they.brought.over (et) the king and also (the).half of.the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him; and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

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