חָם I, (b. h.) pr. n. m. Ham, the son of Noah. Snh. 69ᵇ ח׳ גדול וכ׳ H. was the elder of Japheth by one year &c. Ib. 108ᵇ ח׳ לקה בעורו H. was punished on his skin (was made black); Gen. R. s. 36 יצא ח׳ מפוהם Ḥ. came out (of the ark) blackened; a. e.