Strong's Lexicon

H3648

H3648 — כָּמַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkamarverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 994995

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3648
Word:כָּמַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:kamar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-mar'
Meaning:1. (properly) to intertwine or contract 2. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat) 3. (figuratively) to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
KJV Renderings:be black, be kindled, yearn.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4065

I. [כָּמַר] verb Niph`al grow warm and tender, be or grow hot (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el heat fruit in the ground, making it ripe, over-ripe, tender; Aramaic כְּמַר id., and more generally make warm (one's flesh, or food); compare kemr, fermentation, etc., in modern Syria WetzstZPV xiv (1891), 6) —

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נִכְמְרוּ Gen 43:30 + 2 t., נִכְמָ֑רוּ Lam 5:10
1. grow warm and tender, figurative, subject רחמים; ׳ רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונ Gen 43:30 ( J ), so רַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ ׳ נ 1Kgs 3:26 (רַחֲמָ֑י We) נִחוּמָ֑י ׳ יַחַד נ Hos 11:8 (|| עָלַי לִבִּינֶהְפַּךְ).
2. be or grow hot, ׳ עוֺרֵנוּ כְתַנּוּר נ ׳ מִפְּנֵי וגו Lam 5:10 our skin has become hot like a furnace, because of the famine.


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כמר (kah-mar’)

Hosea 11:8

KJV: How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
EHCC: my repentings are Aindled together.
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