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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxJob 31:20 - si non benedixerunt mihi latera eius et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - quando derelinquit in terra ova sua tu forsitan in pulvere calefacis ea

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - [Vulgate 38:4] incaluit cor meum in medio mei in meditatione mea incensus sum igni

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - et si dormierint duo fovebuntur mutuo unus quomodo calefiet

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - et facta est hominibus in focum sumpsit ex eis et calefactus est et succendit et coxit panes de reliquo autem operatus est deum et adoravit fecit sculptile et curvatus est ante illud

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - qui consolamini in diis subter omne lignum frondosum immolantes parvulos in torrentibus subter inminentes petras

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - omnes calefacti sunt quasi clibanus et devoraverunt iudices suos omnes reges eorum ceciderunt non est qui clamet in eis ad me
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