חֲמוֹת
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2545
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
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.
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.
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