Kham (חם) means father in law in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חָם
kham
noun · masculine
In English
father in law
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kham.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אבי־הבעל ביחס לאשתו, להבדיל מחותן.
וַיֻּגַּד לְתָמָר לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה חָמִיךְ עֹלֶה תִמְנָתָה לָגֹז צֹאנוֹ.
- 2אבי זה שנשואים לו, בין איש ובין אישה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kham is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חָם
- Written without vowel points
- חם
- Said
- kham
- Pattern
- קָל
- Plural
- חָמִים
- Feminine form
- חָמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' חָמִים; חֲמִי־, חָמִי, חָמִיךָ, חֲמִיהם, ר' חָמָי, חָמֶיךָ, חֳמֶיהֶם; נ' חָמוֹת, נ"ר חֲמָיוֹת; נ' חֲמוֹת־, חֲמוֹתְךָ, נ"ר חַמְיוֹת־, חַמְיוֹתֶיךָ
- Gematria
- 48
This is how Kham is said in other languages.
- English
- father in law
- Spanish
- suegro
- Yiddish
- שווער
These words mean nearly the same as Kham.
These words rhyme with Kham.
These words come before and after Kham in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kham.
What does Kham (חם) mean in Hebrew?
Kham (חם) means father in law. It is said kham, with the stress on kham.
What is a synonym for Kham (חם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kham (חם) are חותן.
What rhymes with Kham (חם)?
Words that rhyme with Kham (חם) include אדם, דם, ים, עם, סם, and עולם.
Is Kham (חם) masculine or feminine?
The word Kham (חם) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חָמִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.