BDB2852
חֵמָה wrath, see below יחם; חֵמָה Job 29:6, see חֶמְאָה ; חַמָּה, חַמָּן, חַמּוֺן, חַמַּת see below חמם. below
Strong's Lexicon
H2552
H2552 — חָמַם
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2552 |
|---|---|
| Word: | חָמַם |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | chamam |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khaw-mam' |
| Meaning: | 1. to be hot (literally or figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at). |
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BDB2862
[חָמַם] verb be or become warm (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, make warm , Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1806], חֲמַם be warm; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1807] become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in) —
Qal
Perfect
חַם
Ps 39:4; Exod 16:21
וְחַם consecutive 1Kgs 1:2; Eccl 4:11
חַמּוֺתִ֫י
Isa 44:16
Imperfect
יָחֹם
Isa 44:16
וַיָּ֫חָם
2Kgs 4:34; Isa 44:15 also
יִחַם
1Kgs 1:1
יֵחַם
Deut 19:6
יֵחָ֑ם
Eccl 4:11 3
feminine singular תֵּחַם
Ezek 24:11
יֵחַמּוּ
Hos 7:7
וַיֶּחֱמוּ
Gen 30:39
וַיֵּחַמְנָה Gen 30:38 (last seven forms could be also from
יחם
q. v.; but no decisive evidence that this √ is used in Qal; they are placed under חמם by
Thes
Ew§ 193 a
Ol§ 243 b; see also Köi. 365,
417 ff., who on account of יחם Pi`el Infinitive Gen 30:41; Gen 31:10, derives last two,
needlessly, from יחם); Infinitive
לַחְמָם
Isa 47:14,
compare Job 30:4
(where, however, ׳
ל is from לֶחֶם
Mich
Di unless (Luzz
Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi`el Infinitive in both);
חֹם
1Sam 11:9; Hag 1:6; Neh 7:3 suffix
חֻמּוֺ
Job 6:17
חֻמָּם
Jer 51:39 —
1. literally, be or grow warm
Exod 16:21 (
P
; subject שֶׁמֶשׁ), compare 1Sam 11:9; Neh 7:3 and Job 6:17 (suffix of impersonal subject); from fire Isa 44:15; Isa 44:16 (twice in verse);
Isa 47:14
(compare above); natural heat 1Kgs 1:1; 1Kgs 1:2 (by personal contact), so 2Kgs 4:34; Eccl 4:11 (twice in verse), from clothing Hag 1:6 of Jerusalem
under figure of pot or caldron Ezek 24:11.
2.
figurative, subject לִבִּי
Ps 39:4 (||
בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare Deut 19:6 of conspirators Hos 7:7 Chaldeans Jer 51:39.
3. of heat in conception (animals) Gen 30:38; Gen 30:39 (compare יחם).
Niph`al
Participle
נֵחָמִים באלים
Isa 57:5 (
Köi. 371), inflame oneself with, of
idolatry.
Pi`el
Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּחַמֵּם
Job 39:14
keep eggs warm (of ostrich).
Hithpa`el
Imperfect
יִתְחַמָּם
warm oneself
Job
31:20
מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים
by means of fleece of sheep.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
חמם (g’hah-mam’)
Exodus 16:21
- KJV: And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
- EHCC: when the sun wazed hot, [
1 Kings 1:2
- KJV: Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.Let there…: Heb. Let them seeka young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgincherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
- EHCC: that my lord the king may get heat. |
Psalms 39:3
- KJV: My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
- EHCC: (4). My heart was hot within me,
Ecclesiastes 4:11
- KJV: Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
- EHCC: if two lie together, then they hure heat: 1
Isaiah 44:16
- KJV: He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- EHCC: Aha, Jam warm, 1 have seen the fire:
Isaiah 47:14
- KJV: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.themselves: Heb. their souls
- EHCC: coal to warm at, (nor) fire
2 Kings 4:34
- KJV: And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
- EHCC: and the flesh of the child wared warm.
Isaiah 44:15
- KJV: Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
- EHCC: take thereof, and warm himself;
Hosea 7:7
- KJV: They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
- EHCC: They are all hot as an oven,
Job 39:14
- KJV: Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- EHCC: and warmeth them in dust,
Job 31:20
- KJV: If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
- EHCC: he were (not) warmed with the fleece
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