חָםchâm

Meanings

Same root

• חוֹמָהchôwmâh · H2346a wall of protection
• חֲמוּטַלChămûwṭal · H2537Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess
• חֲמוֹתchămôwth · H2545a mother-in-law

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 38:13 Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
• Genesis 38:25 But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”
• 1 Samuel 4:19 Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near her time of delivery. When she heard that the Ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth.
• 1 Samuel 4:21 She named the child Ichabod (which means “Where is the glory?”), for she said, “Israel’s glory is gone.” She named him this because the Ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and husband were dead.