Lexical Definition

‎חָמַם‎ châmam (khaw-mam') to warm ^H:V
a primitive root

enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).

• to be hot (literally or figuratively)

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

See Greek: ἀδίκημα · θάλπω · θερμαίνω · θέρμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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<sup>i. 371</sup>), 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.

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