HebrewH1990Noun
הָ֑ם
ham
“Ham”
1Occurrences
H1990Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ham, a region of Palestine
of uncertain derivation;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Ham = "hot" or "sunburnt" the place where Chedorlaomer and his allies smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan; site uncertain Another name of am.mon (*עַמּוֹן *"Ammon" H5983)
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
הָ֑ם appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
1
Key Passages
Genesis 14:5BSB
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
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