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ya.cham H3179

יָחַם (ya.cham) means “to conceive” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָחַם Hebrew · H3179 6 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: yaw-kham' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3179

יָחַם · ya.cham · to conceive

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)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive

KJV glosses: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.

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How translators render H3179

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
were in heat 2
conceived me 1
mated 1
so that they would breed 1
were breeding 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
conceived 2
be warm 1
but he gat no heat 1
conceive 1
did conceive 1
is hot 1
of it may be hot 1
that they might conceive 1
that they should conceive 1

Verses containing H3179

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 30:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  2. Genesis 30:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

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  3. Genesis 30:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  4. Genesis 31:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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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  5. Psalms 51:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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    Source alternate reference: 51.7

Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

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