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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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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 - Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - "Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 - Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.
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