🔼The name Ahuzzam: Summary
- Meaning
- Their Possession, Possessor
- Etymology
- From (1) the verb אחז (ahaz), to seize or grasp, and (2) possibly the third person plural pronominal suffix: ם-, their.
🔼The name Ahuzzam in the Bible
The only Ahuzzam mentioned in the Bible is a son of Asshur of Judah and his wife Naarah (1 Chronicles 4:6), and that's all we know of him. There are no further details about this person in the Bible.
🔼Etymology of the name Ahuzzam
The name Ahuzzam comes from the verb אחז (ahaz), meaning to take hold of or grasp:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אחז
The verb אחז (ahaz) means to seize, grasp, take hold of or be (mechanically) attached to. Noun אחזה (ahuzza) means possession.
🔼Ahuzzam meaning
This name's final letter mem can be explained in a number of ways. Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) assumes it has to do with a pronominal suffix and reads Their Possession. BDB Theological Dictionary and NOBSE Study Bible Name List construct a non-existing noun and read Possessor.