Yacham יָחַם
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| יָחַם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yacham |
| Strong's number | H3179 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to conceive |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (4) |
Yacham (Hebrew יָחַם, Strong's H3179) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to conceive”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be hot, conceive
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hot, become hot
1a2) to mate (of animals)
1a3) to be or become hot (fig. of anger)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to conceive (sexually)
1b2) to be in heat (of animals)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hot, become hot
1a2) to mate (of animals)
1a3) to be or become hot (fig. of anger)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to conceive (sexually)
1b2) to be in heat (of animals)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | conceive (4), conceived (2), hot (2), heat (1), warm (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | were in heat (2), mated (1), they would breed (1), were breeding (1), conceived me (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yacham, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 30:38And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
- Genesis 30:39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
- Genesis 30:41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
- Genesis 31:10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
Psalms
- Psalm 51:5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).