חום

Hebrew

Etymology 1

חוּם (“brown”)

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħuːm/ [ˈħuːm]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħum/ [ˈħuːm]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhum/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχum/ (West), /ˈħum/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχum/, /ˈhum/ (bnei hes)
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχum/, /ˈħum/
• Rhymes: -um

Adjective

חוּם • (khúm) (feminine חוּמָה, masculine plural חוּמִים, feminine plural חוּמוֹת)

1. Brown, brown-colored.
2. (חוּם־, khúm-) masculine singular construct state form of חוּם.

Noun

חוּם • (khúm) m (plural indefinite חוּמִים, singular construct חוּם־, plural construct חוּמֵי־)

1. (countable and uncountable) brown (a colour like that of chocolate or coffee)
   • חום (צבע) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
2. (חוּם־, khúm-) singular construct state form of חוּם‎.

See also

Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)

לָבָן (laván)	אפור / אָפֹר (afór)	שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór)
אדום / אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)	כתום / כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khúm)	צהוב / צָהֹב (tsahóv); קְרֶם (krém)
לַיְם / ליים (láym)	ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók)
צִיאָן (tsi'án)	תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)	כחול / כָּחֹל (kakhól)
סגול / סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)	מָגֶ׳נְטָה (majénta); סגול / סָגֹל (sagól)	ורוד / וָרֹד (varód)

Etymology 2

Root
ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m)
12 terms

From the root ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m); compare חַם (khám).

Alternative forms

• חֹם (defective spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħoː.mi/ → /ˈħoːm/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħoːm/ [ˈħoːm]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħøm/ [ˈħøːm], [ˈħeːm]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhom/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχom/ (West), /ˈħom/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχoːm/, /ˈχojm/, /ˈhoːm/ (bnei hes)
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχom/, /ˈħom/

Noun

חום / חֹם • (khóm) m (no plural forms, singular construct חום / חֹם־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. Heat, warmth: the property of being hot.
2. (physics, chemistry) Heat: energy transferred by thermal interaction.
   • חום (פיזיקה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
3. Warmth, fever, feverishness.
   • חום (תסמין) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
4. (חֹם־, khóm-) singular construct state form of חום / חֹם‎.

Declension

Declension of חום / חֹם

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	חום / חֹם	first	חומי / חֻמִּי		חומנו / חֻמֵּנוּ
	definite	החום / הַחֹם	second	חומך / חֻמְּךָ	חומך / חֻמֵּךְ	חומכם / חֻמְּכֶם	חומכן / חֻמְּכֶן
	construct	חום־ / חֹם־	third	חומו / חֻמּוֹ	חומה / חֻמָּהּ	חומם / חֻמָּם	חומן / חֻמָּן

Derived terms

• גל חום / גַּל חֹם (gal khóm)
• מדחום / מַדְחֹם (madḥóm)
• משאבת חום / מַשְׁאֵבַת חֹם (mash'evát khom)

See also

• טמפרטורה (temperatúra)

References

• H2527 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "חום" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Anagrams

• מוח