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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - כִּמְהָם
כִּמְהָם
H3643
Transliteration: Kimhâm
Pronunciation: kim-hawm'
Definition: Chimham
Original: כּמהם Transliteration: kimhâm Phonetic: kim-hawm'
BDB Definition:
Chimham = "their longing"- 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 (noun proper masculine)
- apparently the inn in Bethlehem located on the possession given by David to Chimham the follower or son of Barzillai the Gileadite (noun proper locative)