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Hamul

חָמוּלStrong’s H2538

chamul (cha-mul)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chamul is the Hebrew word usually translated “hamul”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.”
Genesis 46:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12
How it's translated
  • and hamul 2
  • of hamul 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • Numbers 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

חָמוּל chamul · Hamul

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.12; son of: Perez (H6557); brother of: Hezron (H2696H) Also named: cha.mu.li (חָמוּלִי "Hamulite" H2539) § Hamul = "spared" the younger son of Pharez, Judah's son by Tamar

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.