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Lexicon :: Strong's H3648 - kāmar

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כָּמַר
Transliteration
kāmar
Pronunciation
kaw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 993,994,995

Strong’s Definitions

כָּמַר kâmar, kaw-mar'; a primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity):—be black, be kindled, yearn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3648 in the following manner: yearn (2x), kindle (1x), black (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3648 in the following manner: yearn (2x), kindle (1x), black (1x).

  1. to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to grow warm and tender

      2. to be or grow hot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּמַר kâmar, kaw-mar'; a primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity):—be black, be kindled, yearn.
STRONGS H3648: Abbreviations
† I. [כָּמַר] verb Niph. grow warm and tender, be or grow hot (Late Hebrew id. Pi. 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. Perfect 3rd person plural נִכְמְרוּ Genesis 43:30 + 2 times, נִכְמָ֑רוּ Lamentations 5:10; —
1. grow warm and tender, figurative, subject רחמים; רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונ׳ Genesis 43:30 (J), so רַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ נ׳ 1 Kings 3:26; (רַחֲמָ֑י We) נִחוּמָ֑י יַחַד נ׳ Hosea 11:8 (|| נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי).
2. be or grow hot, עוֺרֵנוּ כְתַנּוּר נ׳ וגו׳ מִפְּנֵי Lamentations 5:10 our skin has become hot like a furnace, because of the famine.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:30; 43:30

1 Kings

3:26

Lamentations

5:10; 5:10

Hosea

11:8

H3648

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3648 matches the Hebrew כָּמַר (kāmar),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - And the woman whose son is the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, 'O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this one saith, 'Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:10 - Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.
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