יָחַםyâcham
be hot, conceive
Pronunciation: yaw-kham' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3179
Meanings
Qal: see חמם
Pi`el: of heat of cattle in breeding, conception (Psalms 51:7; Genesis 30:41; Genesis 31:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:38 Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.
- Genesis 30:39 And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Genesis 30:41 Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.
- Genesis 31:10 “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Psalms 51:5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).