Hebrew word · H7749

שׁוּחָמִי

hashuchami

Shuhamite

The adjective for a descendant of Shuham, Dan's son.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated October 30, 2026

What it means

Someone descended from Shuham who was a man of the tribe of Dan living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.23;

son of: Dan (H1835H); also called Shuham at Num.26.42,43;

Group of chu.shim (חֻשִׁים "Hushim" H2366B)

§ Shuhamites, of Shuam "pit-digger"

descendants of Shuham, the son of Dan

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Range of meaning: The adjective for a descendant of Shuham, Dan's son.
Against the English: BSB 'Shuhamite clans' and KJV/WEB 'Shuhamites' turn a Hebrew singular with the article ('the Shuhamite') into a plural. This is natural English. The Hebrew treats the descendants as one corporate person named for its ancestor.
Used elsewhere in the period: Gen 46:23 calls Dan's son Hushim (חֻשִׁים), and the consonants ḥ-sh-m/sh-ḥ-m look transposed compared with Shuham (שׁוּחָם). Most commentators take them as the same person. 1 Chr 7:12 mentions a 'Hushim, son of Aher,' which some link to Dan, but that text is uncertain.

Numbers · 2

Numbers 26:42 הַשּׁוּחָמִ֑י the Shuhamite[s]

These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: The Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan.
Numbers 26:43 הַשּׁוּחָמִ֖י the Shuhamite[s]

All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.

Here: 'The Shuhamite.' A singular with the article, standing for the whole group descended from Shuham, Dan's only listed son. In effect the clan is the tribe.

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