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title: חַמָּה — heat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַמָּה (2535), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: heat. BDB 1906: n.f. heat, sun. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַמָּה

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«חַמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **heat** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2535 · **BDB:** חַמָּה

### Glosses

sun (3); the.sun (2); heat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2535/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. heat, sun [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2535/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. heat, sun (poet.)—חַמָּה Is 24:23 + 4 times; חַמָּתוֹ ψ 19:7;— heat of sun ψ 19:7. = sun Jb 30:28; ‖ לְבָנָה moon Is 24:23; 30:26(×2) Ct 6:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2535/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.28/)

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קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* being.dark I.have.gone.about with not sun I.have.stood in the assembly I.cry.out.for.help

*JPS 1917:* I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

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[Psalms 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.7/)

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מִקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ וּתְקוּפָת֥וֹ עַל־קְצוֹתָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ין נִ֝סְתָּ֗ר מֵֽחַמָּתוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].from the.end of the.heavens forth its.going and circuit its \[is\].to ends their and there.\[is\].not \[a.thing\].hidden from heat its

*JPS 1917:* His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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