1. Ham (proper name) — Ham (חָם) — the second son of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush, Mizraim, and Put (Gen 5:32; 6:10; 9:18-22; 10:1,6,20; 1 Chr 1:4,8). Also used as an ethnographic/geographic term for the descendants and territory of Ham (Ps 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22). English 'Ham/Cham/and Ham,' Spanish 'Jam/Cam/y Jam,' Hindi हाम/और हाम, Arabic حام/وحام, Korean 함/그리고 함, Swahili Hamu/na Hamu. The two clusters differ only by presence of the conjunction waw, not by referent or meaning. 16×
AR["حام","حَامٌ","حَامٍ","حَامَ","وَ-حَامٌ"]·ben["আর-হাম","এবং-হাম","হাম","হামের"]·DE["Cham","Chams","[חם]","und-Cham"]·EN["Cham","Ham","and-Ham"]·FR["Cham","Ham","et-Cham"]·heb["ו-חם","חם"]·HI["और-हाम","हाम","हाम-के","हाम-को","हाम-ने"]·ID["Ham","dan-Ham"]·IT["Cam","Cham","Ham","e-Cam"]·jav["Ham","lan-Ham"]·KO["그리고-함","그리고-함-은","함","함-이","함의"]·PT["Cam","Cham","E-Cham","de-Cam","e-Cam","e-Cham"]·RU["-Хама","Хам","Хама","и-Хам"]·ES["Cam","Jam","y-Jam"]·SW["Hamu","na-Hamu"]·TR["Ham","Ham'ı","Ham'ın","ve-Ham"]·urd["اور-حام","حام","حام-نے","حام-کی","حام-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. חָם n.pr.pers.m. and loc. (cf. Sab. חם Hal243)—𝔊 Χαμ:— 1. Ham, 2nd son of Noah Gn 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18(×2) 1 Ch 1:4; called father of Canaan Gn 9:22 and of various peoples 10:1, 6, 20 1 Ch 1:8, cf. מִן־חָם הַיֹּשְׁבִים שָׁם 4:40; these peoples were inhabitants of southern lands, or related historically or politically to such inhabitants; v. כּוּשׁ" dir="rtl" >כּוּשׁ, כְּנַ֫עַן²" dir="rtl"…