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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חָם
חָם
H2526
Transliteration: Châm
Pronunciation: khawm
Definition: Ham
Original: חם Transliteration: châm Phonetic: khawm
BDB Definition:
Ham = "hot"- 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands (noun proper masculine)
- in late usage, a collective name for Egyptians (noun proper masculine)
- the place where Chedorlaomer smote the Zuzim, probably in the territory of Ammonites (Gilead) east of the Jordan (noun proper locative)