חָם

II. חָם husband's father, see חמה.

II. [חָם] noun masculine husband's father (Late Hebrew id., of husband's or wife's father, so Aramaic חֲמָא; Arabic husband's male relation (father, brother, paternal uncle), but also wife's father, etc.; Ethiopic Assyrian êmû, Zim^{BP 48}); — only suffix חָמִ֫יךָ Gen 38:13; Gen 38:25, of Judah as Tamar's father-in-law; חָמִיהָ 1Sam 4:19; 1Sam 4:21 of Eli, father-in-law of Phinehas' wife.

III. חָם adjective hot; — ׳לחם ח Josh 9:12 hot bread (JE), i.e. freshly baked; בגדים חַמִּים Job 37:17 of garments heated by south wind. — 1. חָם see above. II. חָם see below חמה.