Hebrew · Strong's H3648
כָּמַר
kamarkaw-mar'
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat)
1890 spelling: kâmar
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
Rendered in the KJV as
be black, be kindled, yearn.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- נִכְמְר֤וּ1
- נִכְמְר֣וּ1
- נִכְמְר֥וּ1
- נִכְמָ֔רוּ1
How it is rendered · 4
- they grew warm1
- they had grown warm1
- they have grown hot1
- they have grown warm1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural4
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- HVNp3cp · 4
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