Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3643 - כִּמְהָם Kimham

Original Word:	כִּמְהָם
Transliteration:	Kimham
Phonetic Spelling:	(kim-hawm')
Definition:	an attendant of David, also a place near Bethlehem
Part of Speech:	proper name, masculine ; noun, of location
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Chimham

From kamahh; pining; Kimham, an Israelite -- Chimham.

see HEBREW kamahh

Englishman's Concordance

Chimham=“their longing”
1) a follower and probably a son of Barzillai the Gileadite who returned from beyond Jordan with David; apparently David bestowed on him a possession in Bethlehem on which in later times an inn was standing (noun proper masculine)
2) apparently the inn in Bethlehem located on the possession given by David to Chimham the follower or son of Barzillai the Gileadite (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3642

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כִּמְהָםproper name, masculine 1.attendant of David2 Samuel 19:38; 2 Samuel 19:39=כִּמְהָן v.2 Samuel 19:41; ᵐ5 in all Ξιμααμ, ᵐ5^LΑχιμααμ. 2 in

noun, of locationגֵּרוּת כִמְהָםJeremiah 41:17 Qr (Kt כמוהם), compare גֵּרוּת above

כִּמְהָן2 Samuel 19:41, see foregoing.

כַּמָּה see מָה. כְּמוֺ see below כְּ p.455 above

כמוהםJeremiah 41:17 Kt, see כִּמְהָם.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3643. כִּמְהָם (Kimham) — 3 Occurrences

2 Samuel 19:37
HEB:וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ עַבְדְּךָ֣ כִמְהָ֗ם יַֽעֲבֹר֙ עִם־
NAS: is your servant Chimham, let him cross over
KJV: But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over
INT: here is your servant Chimham cross near

2 Samuel 19:38
HEB:אִתִּי֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ר כִּמְהָ֔ם וַאֲנִי֙ אֶעֱשֶׂה־
NAS: answered, Chimham shall cross over
KJV: answered, Chimham shall go
INT: for shall cross Chimham and I will do

2 Samuel 19:40
HEB:הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַגִּלְגָּ֔לָה וְכִמְהָ֖ן עָבַ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ
NAS: on to Gilgal, and Chimham went
KJV: to Gilgal, and Chimham went on
INT: now the king to Gilgal and Chimham went with

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