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hebrew #2552 - חָמַם chamam


Original Word:חָמַם
Transliteration: chamam
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-mam')
Definition:to be or become warm
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

enflame self, get have heat, be wax hot, be, wax warm self, at

A primitive root; to be hot (literally or figuratively) -- enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).


Englishman's Concordance

1) to be hot, become warm
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or grow warm
1a2) of passion (figuratively)
1b) (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with
1c) (Piel) to warm
1d) (Hithpael) to warm oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 677

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָמַם] verbbe or become warm (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, make warm, Aramaic , חֲמַםbe warm; Arabic become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in) —

QalPerfectחַםPsalm 39:4; Exodus 16:21; וְחַם consecutive 1 Kings 1:2; Ecclesiastes 4:11; חַמּוֺתִ֫יIsaiah 44:16; ImperfectיָחֹםIsaiah 44:16; וַיָּ֫חָם2 Kings 4:34; Isaiah 44:15; also יִחַם1 Kings 1:1; יֵחַםDeuteronomy 19:6; יֵחָ֑םEcclesiastes 4:11; 3feminine singular תֵּחַםEzekiel 24:11; יֵחַמּוּHosea 7:7; וַיֶּחֱמוּGenesis 30:39; וַיֵּחַמְנָהGenesis 30:38 (last seven forms could be also from יחם q. v.; but no decisive evidence that this v 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`el Infinitive Genesis 30:41; Genesis 31:10, derives last two, needlessly, from יחם); InfinitiveלַחְמָםIsaiah 47:14, compare Job 30:4 (where, however, ׳ל is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unless (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi`el Infinitive in both); חֹם1 Samuel 11:9; Haggai 1:6; Nehemiah 7:3; suffix חֻמּוֺJob 6:17; חֻמָּםJeremiah 51:39; —

1 literally, be or grow warmExodus 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 לִבִּיPsalm 39:4 ("" בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare Deuteronomy 19:6; of conspirators Hosea 7:7; Chaldeans Jeremiah 51:39.

3of heat in conception (animals) Genesis 30:38,39 (compare יחם).

Niph`alParticipleנֵחָמִים באליםIsaiah 57:5 (Köi. 371), inflame oneself with, of idolatry.

Pi`elImperfect3feminine singular תְּחַמֵּםJob 39:14keep eggs warm (of ostrich).

Hithpa`elImperfectיִתְחַמָּםwarm oneselfJob 31:20מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂיםby means of fleece of sheep.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2552. חָמַם (chamam) — 13 Occurrences

Exodus 16:21
HEB:כְּפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ וְחַ֥ם הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס׃
NAS: but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.
KJV: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
INT: much to his eating grew the sun melt

1 Kings 1:2
HEB:וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה בְחֵיקֶ֔ךָ וְחַ֖ם לַאדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
NAS: that my lord the king may keep warm.
KJV: that my lord the king may get heat.
INT: her lie your bosom may keep my lord the king

2 Kings 4:34
HEB:וַיִּגְהַ֖ר עָלָ֑יו וַיָּ֖חָם בְּשַׂ֥ר הַיָּֽלֶד׃
NAS: of the child became warm.
KJV: of the child waxed warm.
INT: stretched and became and the flesh of the child

Job 31:20
HEB:וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃
NAS: have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece
KJV: have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece
INT: the fleece of my sheep been warmed

Job 39:14
HEB:וְֽעַל־ עָפָ֥ר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃
NAS: to the earth And warms them in the dust,
KJV: in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
INT: in the dust and warms

Psalm 39:3
HEB: חַם־ לִבִּ֨י ׀ בְּקִרְבִּ֗י
NAS: My heart was hot within
KJV: My heart was hot within
INT:was hot my heart within

Ecclesiastes 4:11
HEB:יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ שְׁנַ֖יִם וְחַ֣ם לָהֶ֑ם וּלְאֶחָ֖ד
NAS: lie down together they keep warm, but how
KJV: lie together, then they have heat: but how can one
INT: lie two keep one how

Isaiah 44:15
HEB:וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵהֶם֙ וַיָּ֔חָם אַף־ יַשִּׂ֖יק
NAS: so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also
KJV: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth
INT: takes of them and warms also kindleth

Isaiah 44:16
HEB:וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע אַף־ יָחֹם֙ וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח
NAS: He also warms himself and says,
KJV: and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith,
INT: satisfied also warms and says Aha

Isaiah 44:16
HEB:וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח חַמּוֹתִ֖י רָאִ֥יתִי אֽוּר׃
NAS: Aha! I am warm, I have seen
KJV: Aha, I am warm, I have seen
INT: and says Aha I am warm have seen the fire

Isaiah 47:14
HEB:אֵין־ גַּחֶ֣לֶת לַחְמָ֔ם א֖וּר לָשֶׁ֥בֶת
NAS: coal to warm by [Nor] a fire
KJV: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire
INT: There coal to warm by a fire to sit

Isaiah 57:5
HEB: הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙ בָּֽאֵלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת
NAS:[Who] inflame yourselves among the oaks,
KJV:Enflaming yourselves with idols
INT:inflame idols Under

Hosea 7:7
HEB: כֻּלָּ֤ם יֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ כַּתַּנּ֔וּר וְאָכְל֖וּ
NAS: All of them are hot like an oven,
KJV:They are all hot as an oven,
INT: All are hot an oven consume

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