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title: חמם — be warm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חמם (2527), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: be warm. BDB 1906: n.m. heat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חמם

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«חמם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be warm** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 2527 · **BDB:** חֹם²

### Glosses

heat (5); the.heat (4); of.heat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be warm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2527/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. heat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2527/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Je 17:8 heat;—חֹם abs. Gn 8:22 + 3 times + 1 S 21:7 (v. infrom); cstr. Gn 18:1 + 3 times; of heat of (mid-)day חֹם היום Gn 18:1 (J), 1 S 11:11; 2 S 4:5; in promise of regular seasons Gn 8:22 (opp. קֹר); cf. Is 18:4(×2) (ח׳ קָצִיר); but as dangerous to plant-life Je 17:8; it melts snow Jb 24:19; לֶחֶם חֹם 1 S 21:7 bread of heat = hot bread, read perhaps ל׳ חָם (as Jos 9:12).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חמם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2527/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.19/)

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צִיָּ֤ה גַם־חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* drought also heat they.snatch.away \[the\].waters of.snow Sheol \[those.who\].they.have.sinned

*JPS 1917:* Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.

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[Genesis 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.1/)

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וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.appeared to him Yahweh at the.great.trees of.Mamre and he \[was\].sitting the.opening of the.tent about the.heat of the.day

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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