Biblica Analytica
H3181 Hebrew

יַחְמַי

yach.may

Jahmai

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Jahmai
Transliteration
yach.may
Strong's Number
H3181
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Yahmai: A Biblical Hapax Legomenon Yahmai (H3181) appears in the Hebrew Bible only once, making it what scholars call a "hapax legomenon"—a word that occurs just a single time in the biblical text. This extremely limited attestation means the lexicon data provides minimal information about its meaning or usage patterns. The entry identifies it as a proper name rather than a common noun or verb, indicating it refers to a specific person rather than expressing a general concept. Given that Yahmai appears only once and is classified as a name, its significance to biblical interpretation rests entirely on the specific context where it occurs. Without additional occurrences to establish usage patterns or linguistic parallels within the biblical text itself, the meaning and importance of this term cannot be determined from the lexicon data alone. Readers seeking to understand Yahmai's biblical role would need to examine the single passage in which it appears alongside any available historical or genealogical information provided in that context.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H3181
Lemma
יַחְמַי
Transliteration
yach.may
Definition
Jahmai
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text