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Hebrew verb · H2552

חָמַם

chamamkhaw-mam'

to warm

21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: châmam

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2552is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2552

to be hot (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chamam is rendered "to warm". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:21Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Exodus 16:21וְחַ֥ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and it will be warm2
  • and he became warm1
  • and it became warm1
  • and it was warm1
  • he is warm1
  • he warmed himself1
  • I am warm1
  • in heat its1
  • is hot1
  • it became hot1
  • it keeps warm1
  • it may grow warm1

and 8 more, 21 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חָמַלchamalto spareUses41
חָמַדchamadto desireUses25
חָמַסchamasto injureUses8
חָמַרchamarto aggitateUses6
חָמַקchamaqto turn awayUses2
חָמַשׁchamashto take the fifth partUses1

All 21, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ1
  • בְּחֻמָּ֞ם1
  • הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙1
  • וְחַ֥ם1
  • וְחַ֖ם1
  • וְחַ֣ם1
  • וַיָּ֖חָם1
  • וַיָּ֔חָם1
  • חֹ֣ם1
  • חַם־1
  • חַמּוֹתִ֖י1
  • יִחַ֖ם1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms3Hc/Vqq3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HR/Vqcc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Vqcc/Sp3ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural1HTd/VNrmpa
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HVqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqj3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs

Exodus

one use
  • Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

    Exodus 16:21

    • וְחַ֥םvechamHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it was warm

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

    Deuteronomy 19:6

    • יֵחַם֮yechamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be hot

1 Kings

two uses
  • Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

    1 Kings 1:1

    • יִחַ֖םyichamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was warm
  • So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

    1 Kings 1:2

    • וְחַ֖םvechamHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be warm

2 Kings

one use
  • Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

    2 Kings 4:34

    • וַיָּ֖חָםvaiyachomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became warm

Nehemiah

one use
  • And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

    Nehemiah 7:3

    • חֹ֣םchomverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is hot

Job

three uses
  • but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

    Job 6:17

    • בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹbechumopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in heat its
  • if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

    Job 31:20

    • יִתְחַמָּֽם׃yitchamamverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he warmed himself
  • For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

    Job 39:14

    • תְּחַמֵּֽם׃techamemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it keeps warm

Psalms

one use
  • My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

    Psalms 39:3

    • חַם־cham-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it became hot

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

    Ecclesiastes 4:11

    • וְחַ֣םvechamHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be warm
    • יֵחָֽם׃yechamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it be warm

Isaiah

five uses
  • It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

    Isaiah 44:15

    • וַיָּ֔חָםvaiyachomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became warm
  • He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

    Isaiah 44:16

    • יָחֹם֙yachomverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is warm
    • חַמּוֹתִ֖יchamotiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am warm
  • Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

    Isaiah 47:14

    • לַחְמָ֔םlachmampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to warm them
  • who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

    Isaiah 57:5

    • הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙hanechamimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who inflame yourselves

Jeremiah

one use
  • While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 51:39

    • בְּחֻמָּ֞םbechumampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when getting heated they

Ezekiel

one use
  • Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

    Ezekiel 24:11

    • תֵּחַ֜םtechamverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it may grow warm

Hosea

one use
  • All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

    Hosea 7:7

    • יֵחַ֙מּוּ֙yechamuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are hot

Haggai

one use
  • You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

    Haggai 1:6

    • לְחֹ֣םlechompreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be warm

The letters

Gematria 88· 648 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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