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Lexicon :: Strong's H2552 - ḥāmam

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חָמַם
Transliteration
ḥāmam
Pronunciation
khaw-mam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 677

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam'; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2552 in the following manner: ...warm (7x), ...hot (3x), ...heat 2 enflaming (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2552 in the following manner: ...warm (7x), ...hot (3x), ...heat 2 enflaming (1x).

  1. to be hot, become warm

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be or grow warm

      2. of passion (fig.)

    2. (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with

    3. (Piel) to warm

    4. (Hithpael) to warm oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַם châmam, khaw-mam'; a primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively):—enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
STRONGS H2552: Abbreviations
† [חָמַם] verb be or become warm (Late Hebrew id., Pi., make warm, Aramaic Mfo, חֲמַם be warm; Arabic حَمَّ become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in) —
Qal Perfect חַם Psalm 39:4; Exodus 16:21; וְחַם consecutive 1 Kings 1:2; Ecclesiastes 4:11; חַמּוֺתִ֫י Isaiah 44:16; Imperfect יָחֹם Isaiah 44:16; וַיָּ֫חָם 2 Kings 4:34; Isaiah 44:15; also יִחַם 1 Kings 1:1; יֵחַם Deuteronomy 19:6; יֵחָ֑ם Ecclesiastes 4:11; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּחַם Ezekiel 24:11; יֵחַמּוּ Hosea 7:7; וַיֶּחֱמוּ Genesis 30:39; וַיֵּחַמְנָה Genesis 30:38 (last seven forms could be also from יחם which see; but no decisive evidence that this verb 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. Infinitive Genesis 30:41; Genesis 31:10, derives last two, needlessly, from יחם); Infinitive לַחְמָם Isaiah 47:14, compare Job 30:4 (where, however, ל׳ is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unless (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi. Infinitive in both); חֹם 1 Samuel 11:9; Haggai 1:6; Nehemiah 7:3; suffix חֻמּוֺ Job 6:17; חֻמָּם Jeremiah 51:39; —
1. literally, be or grow warm Exodus 16:21 (P; subject שֶׁמֶשׁ), compare 1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3 and Job 6:17 (suffix of impersonal subject); from fire Isaiah 44:15, 16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 47:14 (compare above); natural heat 1 Kings 1:1, 2(by personal contact), so 2 Kings 4:34; Ecclesiastes 4:11 (twice in verse), from clothing Haggai 1:6; of Jerusalem under figure of pot or caldron Ezekiel 24:11.
2. figurative, subject לִבִּי Psalm 39:4 (|| בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare Deuteronomy 19:6; of conspirators Hosea 7:7; Chaldeans Jeremiah 51:39.
3. of heat in conception (animals) Genesis 30:38, 39 (compare יחם).
Niph. Participle נֵחָמִים באלים Isaiah 57:5 (Köi. 371), inflame oneself with, of idolatry.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּחַמֵּם Job 39:14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich).
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Job 31:20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:38; 30:38; 30:39; 30:39; 30:41; 31:10

Exodus

16:21; 16:21

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:6

1 Samuel

11:9; 11:9

1 Kings

1:1; 1:1; 1:2; 1:2

2 Kings

4:34; 4:34

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3

Job

6:17; 6:17; 30:4; 31:20; 39:14

Psalms

39:4; 39:4

Ecclesiastes

4:11; 4:11; 4:11

Isaiah

44:15; 44:15; 44:16; 44:16; 44:16; 47:14; 47:14; 57:5

Jeremiah

51:39; 51:39

Ezekiel

24:11; 24:11

Hosea

7:7; 7:7

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

H2552

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Strong's Number H2552 matches the Hebrew חָמַם (ḥāmam),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - So they gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed, because when the sun was hot it melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be found for my lord the king and let her attend him and become his nurse; let her lie against your chest, so that my lord the king may feel warm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself out on him and held him, the boy’s skin became warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 -

If his loins have not thanked and blessed me [for clothing them],

And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 -

For she leaves her eggs on the ground

And warms them in the dust,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 -

My heart was hot within me.

While I was musing the fire burned;

Then I spoke with my tongue:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie down together, then they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god [from the same wood] and worships it. He makes it into a carved idol [with his own hands] and falls down and worships it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burns half of the wood in the fire; over this half he [cooks and] eats meat, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“In fact, they are like stubble;

Fire burns them.

They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame [much less save the nation],

There is no blazing coal for warming

Nor fire before which to sit!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 -

Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),

Under every green and leafy tree,

Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines

Under the clefts of the rocks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 -

They are all hot like an oven

And they consume their judges (rulers);

All their kings have fallen.

There is no one among them who calls to Me.

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