Lexical Definition

‎חֹם‎ chôm (khome) heat ^H:N-M
from ‎חָמַם‎

heat, to be hot (warm).

• heat

1) heat, hot

See Greek: ἡμέρα · καῦμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֹם‎ noun masculine^{Jer 17:8} heat; — ‎חֹם‎ absolute Gen 8:22 + 3 t. + 1Sam 21:7* (see below); construct Gen 18:1+ 3 t.; of heat of (mid-) day ‎חֹם היום‎ Gen 18:1 (J), 1Sam 11:11; 2Sam 4:5 in promise of regular seasons Gen 8:22 (opposed to ‎קֹר‎); compare Isa 18:4 (twice in verse) (‎קָצִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎); but as dangerous to plant-life Jer 17:8 it melts snow Job 24:19 ‎לֶחֶם חֹם‎ 1Sam 21:7* bread of heat = hot bread, read perhaps ‎חָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ (as Josh 9:12).

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