חֲמוֹת
chămôwth · kham-oth'
a mother-in-law
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חֲמֹת; feminine of H2524 (חָם);
a mother-in-law
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mother in law.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲמוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her mother in law3 · 27%
- unto thy mother in law2 · 18%
- and her mother in law2 · 18%
- with her mother in law1 · 9%
- according to all that her mother in law1 · 9%
- to her mother in law1 · 9%
- against her mother in law1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.