חֲמוֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2545

husband’s mother — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

husband’s mother tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָמוֹת: n.f. husband’s mother tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. husband’s mother (NH חָמוֹת, Aramaic חֲמָתָא; Arabic حَمَاةٌ husband’s mother; Assyrian emêtu, ZimBP 48; Ethiopic ሐማት: )—only sf. חֲמוֹתֵךְ Ru 2:11; 3:17; חֲמוֹתָהּ Ru 1:14 + 7 times; חֲמֹתָהּ Mi 7:6;—of Naomi Ru 1:14; 2:11, 18, 19(×2), 23; 3:1, 6, 16, 17; בַּת קָמָ֫ה בְאִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּה בַּחֲמֹתָהּ Mi 7:6.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: mother-in-law (11).

In the verses

Ruth 3:6 · tree →

וַתֵּ֖רֶד הַגֹּ֑רֶן וַתַּ֕עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוַּ֖תָּה חֲמוֹתָֽהּ׃

Word for word: and she.went.down the.threshing floor and she.did according to.all that she had.commanded.her mother-in-law her

JPS 1917: And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

Ruth 1:14 · tree →

וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה קוֹלָ֔ן וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה ע֑וֹד וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק עָרְפָּה֙ לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃

Word for word: and they.raised voice their and they.wept again and she.kissed Orpah (to) mother-in-law her and Ruth she.clung to her

JPS 1917: And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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