Definition
a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
Traditional renderings: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Traditional renderings: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Genesis 30:38וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה · were in heatThen 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 30:39וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ · mated…they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
- Genesis 30:41יַחֵם֮ · were in heat; לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה · so that they would breedWhenever 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 31:10יַחֵ֣ם · were breedingWhen the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
- Psalm 51:5יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי · conceived meSurely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.