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חָם

«חָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: husband’s father — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 2524 · BDB: חָם³

Glosses

father-in-law (4)

Meaning (OSHB)

husband’s father tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 38:13

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.'

1 Samuel 4:21

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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