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

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«חַמַּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hammath** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חַמַּת · **BDB:** חַמַּת²

### Glosses

Hammath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hammath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5de_5b7_5bc_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5de_5b7_5bc_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of the house of Rechab 1 Ch 2:55.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַמַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5de_5b7_5bc_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.55/)

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וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת סֹפְרִים֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ תִּרְעָתִ֥ים שִׁמְעָתִ֖ים שׂוּכָתִ֑ים הֵ֚מָּה הַקִּינִ֣ים הַבָּאִ֔ים מֵחַמַּ֖ת אֲבִ֥י בֵית־רֵכָֽב׃ס

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] clans of.\[the\].Sophrites \[who.were\].dwelling of.Jabez \[were.the\].Tirathites \[the\].Shimeathites \[the\].Sucathites they \[were\].the Kenites \[who\] came from Hammath the.father of.Beth Rechab

*JPS 1917:* And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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