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Strong's #3643 - כִּמְהָם
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Chimham = “their longing”
1) 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)
2) 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)
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noun, of locationגֵּרוּת כִמְהָם Jeremiah 41:17 Qr (Kt כמוהם), compare גֵּרוּת above
כִּמְהָן 2 Samuel 19:41, see foregoing.
כַּמָּה see מָה. כְּמוֺ see below כְּ p.455 above
כמוהם Jeremiah 41:17 Kt, see כִּמְהָם.
כִּמְהָם (“languishing,” “longing”), [Chimham], pr.n.m. 2 Samuel 19:38, 39 2 Samuel 19:39; Jeremiah 41:17 (כְּמוֹהָם כתיב); also כִּמְהָן 2 Samuel 19:41.
