יָחַם
ya.cham
“to conceive”
Definition
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
a primitive root;
- 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)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
יָחַם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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,
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
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.
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
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