חום

Hebrew

Etymology 1
חוּם (“brown”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

חוּם • (khúm) (feminine חוּמָה, masculine plural חוּמִים, feminine plural חוּמוֹת)

  1. Brown, brown-colored.
  2. (חוּם־, khúm-) Masculine singular construct state form of חוּם.

Noun

חוּם • (khúm) m (plural indefinite חוּמִים, singular construct חוּם־, plural construct חוּמֵי־)

  1. Brown, the color brown.
  2. (חוּם־, khúm-) Singular construct state form of חוּם‎.

See also
Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)
     לָבָן (laván)      אפור / אָפֹר (afór)      שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór)
             אדום / אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)              כתום / כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum)              צהוב / צָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem)
             ליים (láym)              ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók)              ירוק נענע / יָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána)
             צִיאָן (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)              כחול / כָּחֹל (kakhól)
             סגול / סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)              מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגול / סָגֹל (sagól)              ורוד / וָרֹד (varód)

Etymology 2
Root
ח־מ־ם (ḥ-m-m)

From the root ח־מ־ם (kh-m-m); compare חַם (khám).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

חום / חֹם • (khóm) m (no plural forms, singular construct חום / חֹם־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. Heat, warmth: the property of being hot.
  2. (physics, chemistry) Heat: energy transferred by thermal interaction.
  3. Warmth, fever, feverishness.
  4. (חֹם־, khóm-) Singular construct state form of חום / חֹם‎.
Derived terms

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