H1990 H1990
Ham — uncertain place name, possibly ancient Rabbath-Ammon
A place name of uncertain location where the Zuzim were defeated during the campaign of the eastern kings. The site has not been definitively identified, with suggestions ranging from an otherwise unknown city to an ancient name for Rabbath-Ammon. The text itself shows some uncertainty, as ancient versions offer variant readings.
Senses
1. sense 1 — All major translations preserve 'Ham' as a place name with the locative preposition 'in.' The Septuagint and other ancient versions show textual variation, suggesting early uncertainty about this location. Genesis 14:5 lists Ham as one of several battle sites in the trans-Jordanian campaign, providing geographical context for Abraham's later rescue of Lot. 1×
AR["فِي-هَامَ"]·ben["হামে"]·DE["in-Ham"]·EN["in-Ham"]·FR["dans-Cham"]·heb["ב-הם"]·HI["हम-मे"]·ID["di-Ham"]·IT["in-Cam"]·jav["ing-Ham"]·KO["함에서"]·PT["em-Ham"]·RU["в-Гаме"]·ES["en-Ham"]·SW["katika-Hamu"]·TR["Ham'da"]·urd["ہام-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הָ֑ם n.pr.loc. only in הַזּוּזִים בְּהָ֑ם Gn 14:5; not otherwise known; Vrss בָּהֶם; JerQuaest. in libr. Genes. בְּחֹם; Ol conj. בַּחֲמָת; Tu Di think perhaps old name of Rabbath Ammon.