חָם
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2524
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
husband’s father tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חָם³: n.m. husband’s father tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. husband’s father (NH id., of husband’s or wife’s father, so Aramaic חֲמָא; Arabic حَمٌّ husband’s male relation (father, brother, paternal uncle), but also wife’s father, etc.; Ethiopic ሐም Assyrian emu, ZimBP 48);—only sf. חָמִ֫יךָ Gn 38:13, 25, of Judah as Tamar’s father-in-law; חָמִ֫יהָ 1 S 4:19, 21 of Eli, father-in-law of Phinehas’ wife.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: father-in-law (4).
In the verses
וַיֻּגַּ֥ד לְתָמָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֥ה חָמִ֛יךְ עֹלֶ֥ה תִמְנָ֖תָה לָגֹ֥ז צֹאנֽוֹ׃
Word for word: and it.was.told to Tamar (cmp) there! father-in-law your [is].going.up to Timnah to shear sheep his
JPS 1917: And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'
וַתִּקְרָ֣א לַנַּ֗עַר אִֽי־כָבוֹד֙אִֽי־כָבוֹד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר גָּלָ֥ה כָב֖וֹד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֶל־הִלָּקַח֙ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאֶל־חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָֽׁהּ׃
Word for word: and she.called (to) the lad Ichabod Ichabod (cmp) it.has.gone.into.exile glory from Israel because.of the.being.taken of.the.ark of.(the) God and because.of father-in-law her and husband her
JPS 1917: And she named the child Ichabod, saying: 'The glory is departed from Israel'; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
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