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ḥm, ḥmˀ (ḥam, ḥmā) n.m. father-in-law
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father-in-law
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen38:13↗ הָא חֲמוּיִיך סָלֵיק לְתִמנָת לְמִגַז עָנֵיה‏ : look here: your father-in-law is going up to GN to shear his flock ; PTBer 6.a:31[2]↗ ר׳ ינאי זעירא דמך חמוי‏ : PN's father-in-law died ; PTBB 17.d:11[2]↗ חמוי דברתיה דר׳ חגיי‏ : the father-in-law of the daughter of PN ; GT FF Exod4:25↗ וַחְמוי לָא שְבֶק יָתֵיה‏ ; SamTgJ Ex4:18↗ יתרו חמוה‏ ; OS JnSin18:13↗ ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ ܠܘܩܕܡ ܠܘܬ ܚܢܢ ܚܡܘܗܝ ܕܩܝܦܐ‏ : they brought him first to Onanas, Caipha's father-in-law ; BT Yev 52a(24)↗ ההוא דחליף אבבא דבי חמוה‏ : a certain man who was passing by his father-in-law's house ; AlmaRZ 228↗ kḏ baiia ḏtizal lbit hamu : when she is about to go to her father in law's house ; PJ Ex4:25↗ חתנא בעא למגזור וחמוי עכיב עלוי‏ : the groom wanted to circumcise but his father held him back
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pl. : parents-in-law
Syr
Tobit 10:12↗ ܝܩܪ ܠܚܡ̈ܗܐ ܕܝܠܟܝ‏
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son-in-law
Sam
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Syr. abs. ܚܸܡ‏, pl. ܚܡܵܗܸ̈ܐ‏; w. suffixes ḥmū
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 461[239]DJPA: 204aDJBA: 467bJastrow: 475Drower/Macuch: 123b, 122bPayne-Smith: 1300J. Payne-Smith: 145Levy Ch-W: 1:264Tal Sam: 279aDNWSI: 380Audo: 1:350

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