יָחַם yâcham
Meaning
probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive
In the King James Version: get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- Genesis 30:38 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,
- Genesis 30:39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
- Genesis 30:41 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.
- Genesis 31:10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
- Psalms 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.