Strong's Hebrew: 2345. חוּם (chum) -- darkened, dark brown or black

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chum: darkened, dark brown or black

Original Word: חוּם
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: chum
Phonetic Spelling: (khoom)
Short Definition: black

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
darkened, dark brown or black
NASB Translation
black (3), black ones (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חוּם adjective darkened, dark brown or black, only of colour of sheep (in Genesis 30, J); — וכלשֶֿׂהחֿוּם בכשׂבים Genesis 30:32, ׳וְחוּם בכ Genesis 30:33,35, וכלחֿוּם בְּצאֹן Genesis 30:40 (clause probably interpolated Ol Hup De We Di).

חוֺמָה see below חמה.

Strong's

brown

From an unused root meaning to be warm, i.e. (by implication) sunburnt or swarthy (blackish) -- brown.