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yāḥam יָחַם ‘to conceive’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

yāḥam v
1) to be hot, conceive
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to be hot, become hot
  1a2) to mate (of animals)
  1a3) to be or become hot (fig. of anger)
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to conceive (sexually)
  1b2) to be in heat (of animals)

Mentioned in Genesis 30:39, 30:38, 30:41, 31:10 Deuteronomy 19:6 1 Kings 1:1 Ezekiel 24:11 Psalms 51:7 Ecclesiastes 4:11

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