Word Study · Strong's H2524 · Hebrew
חָם
cham
khawm
Strong's 1890 spelling: châm
“a father-in-law (as in affinity)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a father-in-law (as in affinity)
Rendered in the KJV as
father in law.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- חָמִ֖יהָ2
- חָמִ֙יהָ֙1
- חָמִ֛יךְ1
How it is rendered · 2
- father-in-law her3
- father-in-law your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 38:13חָמִ֛יךְchamikhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularWhen Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”here: father-in-law your
- Genesis 38:25חָמִ֙יהָ֙chamihanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAs she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”here: father-in-law her
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 4:19חָמִ֖יהָchamihanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularNow Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.here: father-in-law her
- 1 Samuel 4:21חָמִ֖יהָchamihanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.here: father-in-law her
Same headword in Strong's