Chom denotes hot conditions, especially the heat of the day or sun, and can also describe becoming warm or heated.

The attested use chiefly denotes hot conditions in daily and seasonal settings, including the heat of the day, sun, harvest, drought, and the recurring contrast with cold. In Qal infinitive construct forms, it also occurs where clothing provides warmth or people are described as becoming heated.

1. Hot conditions of day and season · dominant

   Construct noun forms mark the time of action in Genesis 18:1, 1 Samuel 11:11, and 2 Samuel 4:5; in each, the APB renders the setting as “the heat of the day.” The term also appears in broader environmental statements: Genesis 8:22 places it beside cold in the earth's continuing cycles, while Jeremiah 17:8 and Job 24:19 describe heat arriving or joining drought.

   Genesis 18:11 Samuel 11:112 Samuel 4:5Genesis 8:22Jeremiah 17:8Job 24:19
2. Becoming warm or heated · occasional

   Qal infinitive construct forms occur in clauses of warming or heating. In Haggai 1:6 the APB says that clothing leaves “nothing for warmth,” and in Jeremiah 51:39 it renders the clause, “When they are heated I will prepare their feast.”

   Haggai 1:6Jeremiah 51:39

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term in time and weather phrases such as “the heat of the day,” “heat of the sun,” and “heat comes.” In the Qal infinitive construct clauses it uses “warmth” and “heated”; These renderings reflect the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.