Lexical Definition

‎חוּשִׁים‎ Chûwshîym (khoo-sheem') Hushim ^N:N-F-P
or חֻשִׁים Chushîym (khoo-shem'); or חֻשִׁם Chushim (khoo-sheem'); plural from ‎חוּשׁ‎; hasters

Hushim.

• § Hushim = "who makes haste"
• Chushim, the name of three Israelites

n pr f
1) one of the two wives of Shaharaim
n pr m
2) the sons of Aher, a Benjamite
3) descendants of Dan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חוּשִׁים‎, ‎חֻשִׁים‎ proper name, feminine wife of Shaharaim of Benjamin, ‎חוּשִׁים‎ 1Chr 8:8, ‎חֻשִׁים‎ v1Chr 8:11.

II. ‎חֻשִׁים‎ proper name, masculine of Dan, ‎׳‎‎וּבְנֵי דּן ח‎ Gen 46:23 compare‎חֻשִֿׁם בְּנֵי אַחֵר‎ 1Chr 7:12 (see Be VB); = ‎שׁוּחָם‎ (q. v.) Num 26:42 compare ‎שׁוּחָתִי‎ vNum 26:42 vNum 26:43.

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