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Lexicon :: Strong's H3179 - yāḥam

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יָחַם
Transliteration
yāḥam
Pronunciation
yaw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 860

Strong’s Definitions

יָחַם yâcham, yaw-kham'; a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive:—get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H3179 in the following manner: conceive (6x), hot (2x), heat (1x), warm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H3179 in the following manner: conceive (6x), hot (2x), heat (1x), warm (1x).

  1. to be hot, conceive

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be hot, become hot

      2. to mate (of animals)

      3. to be or become hot (fig. of anger)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to conceive (sexually)

      2. to be in heat (of animals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָחַם yâcham, yaw-kham'; a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive:—get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
STRONGS H3179: Abbreviations
† [יָחַם] verb be hot,
Pi. conceive (Arabic bdb040401 see inclauerunt pecora, Frey; Aramaic יְחַם be hot, usually of sexual impulse of animals) —
Qal see חמם.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix יֶחֱמַתְנִי Psalm 51:7 in sin my mother conceived me (|| חוֺלָ֑לְתִּי); Infinitive construct of heat of cattle in breeding, conception; בְּכָליַֿחֵם Genesis 30:41 at every breeding-heat of the flock (J); בְּעֵת יַחֵם Genesis 31:10 at the time of the flock's being hot in breeding (E); suffix 3rd person feminine plural לְיַחֲמֶנָּה Genesis 30:41 in order that they might have breeding-heat (J).

Biblical Aramaic

יחם (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew יָחַם, whence חֵמָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:41; 30:41; 31:10

Psalms

51:7

H3179

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3179 matches the Hebrew יָחַם (yāḥam),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - And he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the trough, that is, in the watering channels, where the flocks came to drink; and they [fn]mated H3179 when they came to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the flocks [fn]mated H3179 by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Now it would be that, whenever the [fn]stronger of the flock [fn]were mating H3179, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the trough, so that they might [fn]mate H3179 by the rods;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “Now it happened at the time when the flock were [fn]mating H3179 that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were [fn]mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer when his heart is [fn]angry, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [fn]strike down his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 -

Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 -

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

And in sin my mother conceived H3179 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie down together they [fn]keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 -

“Then stand it empty on its coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze may [fn]glow

And its uncleanness may be melted in it,

Its rust brought to a complete end.

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