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kimhām כִּמְהָם ‘Chimham’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāmah כָּמַהּ ‘to pine’
Roots: כמה

kimhām pr n m pers + pr n loc
Chimham = "their longing"
n pr m
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
n pr loc
2) apparently the inn in Bethlehem located on the possession given by David to Chimham the follower or son of Barzillai the Gileadite

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 19:38, 19:39, 19:41 Jeremiah 41:17

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