חם

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχam/
• Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1

Root
ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m)

Compare Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm, “hot”), Eblaite 𒉿𒈬𒌈 (à-mu-tum /⁠ḥammū⁠/, “hot”).

Adjective

חַם • (kham) (feminine חַמָּה, masculine plural חַמִּים, feminine plural חַמּוֹת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. Hot: at a high temperature.

   אין מים חמים. ― ein máyim khamím. ― There's no hot water.

   חם לי. ― kham li. ― I'm hot.

   היה חם בחדר. ― hayá kham bakhéder. ― It was hot in the room.

Usage notes

• This adjective is often used "impersonally", that is, without a personal subject.

Antonyms

• קַר (kar)

Noun

חֹם • (khóm) m

1. defective spelling of חום

Proper noun

חָם • (kham) m

1. (biblical) Ham (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥamw-.

Noun

חָם • (khám) m (plural indefinite חָמִים, singular construct חֲמִי־, plural construct חֲמֵי־, feminine counterpart חָמוֹת)

1. father-in-law, in relation to the bride
2. father-in-law, in relation to the bride or groom

Declension

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	חָם	first	חָמִי		חָמִינוּ
	definite	הֶחָם	second	חָמִיךָ	חָמִיךְ	חֲמִיכֶם	חֲמִיכֶן
	construct	חֲמִי־	third	חָמִיו	חָמִיהָ	חֲמִיהֶם	חֲמִיהֶן
plural	indefinite	חָמִים	first	חמיי / חָמַי		חָמֵינוּ
	definite	הֶחָמִים	second	חָמֶיךָ	חמייך / חָמַיִךְ	חֲמֵיכֶם	חֲמֵיכֶן
	construct	חֲמֵי־	third	חָמָיו	חָמֶיהָ	חֲמֵיהֶם	חֲמֵיהֶן

Declension of חָם

Related terms

• חוֹתֵן (khotén)

References

• H2525 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H2526 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “חם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חם בן נח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• מח