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It is used in various contexts, including physical warmth, emotional fervor, and the process of conception. The term can describe the natural heat of the body or the warmth of emotions such as passion or anger. In some instances, it is used metaphorically to describe the fervent or zealous nature of an individual or group.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, warmth was often associated with life and vitality. The concept of heat was not only physical but also extended to emotional and spiritual fervor. The process of conception, a key aspect of the word "yacham," was viewed as a divine blessing and a sign of God's favor. The ability to conceive was crucial for the continuation of family lineage and inheritance, which were central to the social and religious life of the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be hot, to conceive<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>conceived (1), mate (1), mating (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">יָחַם</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be hot</b></font>, <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>conceive</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb040401.gif"> see <em>inclauerunt</em> pecora, Frey; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">יְחַם</font> <em>be hot</em>, usually of sexual impulse of animals) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> see <font class="hebrew2">חמם</font>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3feminine singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">יֶחֱמַתְנִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a> in sin my mother <em>conceived me</em> ("" <font class="hebrew2">חוֺלָ֑לְתִּי</font>); <em>Infinitive construct</em> of <em>heat</em> of cattle in breeding, conception; <font class="hebrew2">בְּכָליַֿחֵם</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-41.htm">Genesis 30:41</a> <em>at every breeding-heat</em> of the flock (J); <font class="hebrew2">בְּעֵת</font> <font class="hebrew2">יַחֵם</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10</a> <em>at the time of</em> the flock's <em>being hot in breeding</em> (E); suffix 3 feminine plural <font class="hebrew2">לְיַחֲמֶנָּה</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-41.htm">Genesis 30:41</a> <em>in order that they might have breeding-heat</em> (J). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm <p>A primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive -- get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ ויחמו ויחמנה יִחַ֖ם יֵחַם֮ יֵחָֽם׃ יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי יַחֵ֣ם יַחֵם֮ יחם יחם׃ יחמתני לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה ליחמנה תֵּחַ֜ם תחם lə·yaḥ·mên·nāh leyachMennah ləyaḥmênnāh tê·ḥam teCham têḥam vaiyeChamnah vaiyecheMu way·yê·ḥam·nāh way·ye·ḥĕ·mū wayyêḥamnāh wayyeḥĕmū ya·ḥêm yaChem yaḥêm yê·ḥam yê·ḥām ye·ḥĕ·maṯ·nî yeCham yecheMatni yêḥam yêḥām yeḥĕmaṯnî yi·ḥam yiCham yiḥam<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:38</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן <b> וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה </b> בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to drink, <span class="itali">that they should conceive</span> when they came<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> front the flocks <span class="itali">conceive</span> came to drink<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:39</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ </b> הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And the flocks <span class="itali">conceived</span> before the rods,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">conceived</span> the flocks by<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:41</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־ <b> יַחֵם֮ </b> הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the flock <span class="itali">were mating,</span> Jacob<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cattle <span class="itali">did conceive,</span> that Jacob<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> become whenever <span class="itali">were mating</span> of the flock the stronger<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:41</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים <b> לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה </b> בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the gutters, <span class="itali">so that they might mate</span> by the rods;<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the gutters, <span class="itali">that they might conceive</span> among the rods.<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the flock the gutters <span class="itali">mate</span> the rods<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/31-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 31:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/31.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיְהִ֗י בְּעֵת֙ <b> יַחֵ֣ם </b> הַצֹּ֔אן וָאֶשָּׂ֥א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/31.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> when the flock <span class="itali">were mating</span> that I lifted<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/31.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that the cattle <span class="itali">conceived,</span> that I lifted up<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/31-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came the time <span class="itali">were mating</span> the flock lifted<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 19:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָרֹצֵ֗חַ כִּי־ <b> יֵחַם֮ </b> לְבָבוֹ֒ וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his heart <span class="itali">is hot,</span> and overtake<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the manslayer because <span class="itali">is hot</span> of his anger and overtake<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 1:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּבְּגָדִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א <b> יִחַ֖ם </b> לֽוֹ׃ </span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him with clothes, <span class="itali">but he gat no heat.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> clothes no <span class="itali">heat</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/51-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 51:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא <b> יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי </b> אִמִּֽי׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And in sin my mother <span class="itali">conceived</span> me.<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in sin did my mother <span class="itali">conceive</span> me.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/51-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was brought sin <span class="itali">conceived</span> my mother<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 4:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּלְאֶחָ֖ד אֵ֥יךְ <b> יֵחָֽם׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but how can one <span class="itali">be warm</span> [alone]?<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one how <span class="itali">be warm</span><p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/24-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 24:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֵקָ֑ה לְמַ֨עַן <b> תֵּחַ֜ם </b> וְחָ֣רָה נְחֻשְׁתָּ֗הּ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thereof, that the brass <span class="itali">of it may be hot,</span> and may burn,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/24-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> empty So <span class="itali">may be hot</span> may glow bronze<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3179.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3179.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3179<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/leyachmennah_3179.htm">lə·yaḥ·mên·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/techam_3179.htm">tê·ḥam — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyechamnah_3179.htm">way·yê·ḥam·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyechemu_3179.htm">way·ye·ḥĕ·mū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yachem_3179.htm">ya·ḥêm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yecham_3179.htm">yê·ḥam — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yechematni_3179.htm">ye·ḥĕ·maṯ·nî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yicham_3179.htm">yi·ḥam — 1 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