H2552

חָמַם

cha.mamH:V

to warm

1) to be hot, become warm 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or grow warm 1a2) of passion (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with 1c) (Piel) to warm 1d) (Hithpael) to warm oneself

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֵמָה wrath, see below יחם; חֵמָה Job 29:6, see חֶמְאָה; חַמָּה, חַמָּן, חַמּוֺן, חַמַּת see below חמם. below

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

Qal Perfect חַם Ps 39:4; Exod 16:21 וְחַם consecutive 1Kgs 1:2; Eccl 4:11 חַמּוֺתִ֫י Isa 44:16 Imperfect יָחֹם Isa 44:16 וַיָּ֫חָם 2Kgs 4:34; Isa 44:15 also יִחַם 1Kgs 1:1 יֵחַם Deut 19:6 יֵחָ֑ם Eccl 4:11 3 feminine singular תֵּחַם Ezek 24:11 יֵחַמּוּ Hos 7:7 וַיֶּחֱמוּ Gen 30:39 וַיֵּחַמְנָה vGen 30:38 (last seven forms could be also from יחם q. v.; but no decisive evidence that this √ is used in Qal; they are placed under חמם by Thes Ew^{§ 193 a} Ol^{§ 243 b}; see also Kö^{i. 365, 417 ff.}, who on account of יחם Pi`el Infinitive Gen 30:41; Gen 31:10, derives last two, needlessly, from יחם); Infinitive לַחְמָם Isa 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); חֹם 1Sam 11:9; Hag 1:6; Neh 7:3 suffix חֻמּוֺ Job 6:17 חֻמָּם Jer 51:39 —

1. literally, be or grow warm Exod 16:21 (P; subject שֶׁמֶשׁ), compare 1Sam 11:9; Neh 7:3 and Job 6:17 (suffix of impersonal subject); from fire Isa 44:15; Isa 44:16 (twice in verse); Isa 47:14 (compare above); natural heat 1Kgs 1:1; 1Kgs 1:2 (by personal contact), so 2Kgs 4:34; Eccl 4:11 (twice in verse), from clothing Hag 1:6 of Jerusalem under figure of pot or caldron Ezek 24:11.

2. figurative, subject לִבִּי Ps 39:4 (|| בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare Deut 19:6 of conspirators Hos 7:7 Chaldeans Jer 51:39.

3. of heat in conception (animals) Gen 30:38; Gen 30:39 (compare יחם). Niph`al Participle נֵחָמִים באלים Isa 57:5 (Kö^{i. 371}), inflame oneself with, of idolatry. Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּחַמֵּם Job 39:14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich). Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Job 31:20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep.

16 occurrences

Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), I Kings (2), II Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Haggai (1)