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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 Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - So they gathered it morning by morning, every man [fn]as much as he should eat; but the sun would grow H2552 hot H2552, and it would melt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep H2552 warm H2552.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - And he went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became H2552 warm H2552.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:20 -

If his loins have not blessed me,

And if he has not been H2552 warmed H2552 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 to the earth

And warms H2552 them in the dust,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 -

My heart was H2552 hot H2552 within me,

While I meditated the fire was burning;

Then I spoke with my tongue:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie down together they [fn]keep H2552 warm H2552, but how can one be H2552 warm H2552 alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms H2552 himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also works to produce a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms H2552 himself and says, “Aha! I am warm H2552; I have seen the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 -

“Behold, they have become like stubble,

Fire burns them;

They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;

There will be no coal to warm H2552 by

Nor a fire to sit before!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 -

Who inflame H2552 yourselves among the [fn]oaks,

Under every green tree,

Who slaughter the children in the [fn]ravines,

Under the clefts of the cliffs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 -

All of them are H2552 hot H2552 like an oven,

And they devour their judges;

All their kings have fallen.

None of them calls on Me.

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