יַחְמַי
yach.may
Jahmai
Lexicon Entry
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
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text