cho.tam is used as a personal name in genealogical and family identifications.

The attested form functions as a proper personal name: it identifies a child of Heber in 1 Chronicles 7:32 and the father of Shama and Jeiel in 1 Chronicles 11:44.

1. Personal name in family records · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in family identifications. In 1 Chronicles 7:32 the APB renders Hotham among Heber's children; in 1 Chronicles 11:44 it renders him as the father of Shama and Jeiel.

   1 Chronicles 7:321 Chronicles 11:44

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Hotham” in both verses, once in a list of Heber's children and once in the identification “sons of Hotham.”