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Lexicon :: Strong's H3179 - yāḥam

Aa
יָחַם
Transliteration
yāḥam
Pronunciation
yaw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 30:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - He set H3322 the rods H4731 which H834 he had peeled H6478 in front H5227 of the flocks H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, that is, in the watering H4325 channels H8268 where H834 the flocks H6629 came H935 to drink H8354; and they mated H3179 when they came H935 to drink H8354.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the flocks H6629 mated H3179 by the rods H4731, and the flocks H6629 delivered H3205 striped H6124, speckled H5348, and spotted H2921 offspring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Moreover, whenever H3605 the stronger H7194 of the flock H6629 were mating H3179, Jacob H3290 would place H7760 the rods H4731 in the sight H5869 of the flock H6629 in the drinking H7298 troughs H7298, so that they would mate H3179 by the rods H4731;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “And it came H1961 about H1961 at the time H6256 when the flock H6629 was breeding H3179 that I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 and saw H7200 in a dream H2472—and behold H2009—the male H6260 goats H6260 that were [fn]mating H5927 were striped H6124, speckled H5348, or mottled H1261.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “Otherwise H6435, the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 might pursue H7291 [fn]him [fn]in the heat H2552 of H2552 his anger H2552 H3824, and overtake H5381 him because H3588 the way H1870 is H7235 long H7235, and [fn]take H5221 his life H5315, though he was not sentenced H4941 to death H4194 since H3588 he had not hated H8130 him previously H8543 H8032.

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Now King H4428 David H1732 was H2204 old H2204, [fn]advanced H935 in age H3117; and they covered H3680 him with garments H899, but he could not keep H2552 warm H2552.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 -

Behold H2005, I was brought H2342 forth H2342 in guilt H5771,

And in sin H2399 my mother H517 conceived H3179 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore H1571, if H518 two H8147 lie H7901 down H7901 together they [fn]keep H2552 warm H2552, but how H349 can one H259 be H2552 warm H2552 alone?

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“Then set H5975 it empty H7386 on its burning H1513 coals H1513

So H4616 that H4616 it may be H2552 hot H2552

And its bronze H5178 may [fn]glow H2787,

And its filthiness H2932 may be melted H5413 in it,

Its rust H2457 eliminated H8552.

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