חֲמוֹת
Used: 11 times · Key: 2545 · BDB: חָמוֹת
Glosses
mother-in-law (11)
Meaning (OSHB)
husband’s mother tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֲמוֹת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
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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