--- title: חָמַם — be warm · The Tanakh dictionary description: חָמַם (2552), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: be warm. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2552.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-4.md)‎ / חָמַם‎ # חָמַם «חָמַם» 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. **Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 2552 · **BDB:** חָמַם ### Glosses it.became.warm (2); it.was.warm (2); it.will.be.warm (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) be warm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2552/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2552/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or become warm (NH id., Pi., make warm, Aramaic ܚܰܡ, חֲמַם be warm; Arabic حَمَّ become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in)— Pf. חַם ψ 39:4; Ex 16:21; וְחַם consec. 1 K 1:2; Ec 4:11; חַמּוֹתִ֫י Is 44:16; Impf. יָחֹם Is 44:16; וַיָּ֫חָם 2 K 4:34; Is 44:15; יִחַם (יֵ K3) 1 K 1:1; יֵחַם Dt 19:6; יֵחָ֑ם Ec 4:11; 3 fs. תֵּחַם Ez 24:11; יֵחַמּוּ Ho 7:7; וַיֶּחֱמוּ Gn 30:39; וַיֵּחַמְנָה v 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; v. also Köi. 365, 417 ff., who on account of יחם Pi. Inf. Gn 30:41; 31:10, der. last two, needlessly, from יחם); Inf. לַחְמָם Is 47:14, cf. Jb 30:4 (where, however, ל׳ is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unles (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi. Inf. in both); חֹם 1 S 11:9; Hg 1:6; Ne 7:3; sf. חֻמּוֹ Jb 6:17; חֻמָּם Je 51:39;— lit., be or grow warm Ex 16:21 (P; subj. שֶׁמֶשׁ), cf. 1 S 11:9; Ne 7:3 and Jb 6:17 (sf. of impers. subj.); from fire Is 44:15, 16(×2) 47:14 (cf. supr.); natural heat 1 K 1:1, 2 (by personal contact), so 2 K 4:34; Ec 4:11(×2), from clothing Hg 1:6; of Jerusalem under fig. of pot or caldron Ez 24:11. fig., subj. לִבִּי ψ 39:4 (‖ בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ), cf. Dt 19:6; of conspirators Ho 7:7; Chaldeans Je 51:39. of heat in conception (animals) Gn 30:38, 39 (cf. יחם). Pt. נֵחָמִים באלים Is 57:5 (Köi.371), inflame oneself with, of idolatry. Impf. 3 fs. תְּחַמֵּם Jb 39:14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich). Impf. יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Jb 31:20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חָמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2552/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.17/) בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃ *Word for word:* at.\[the\] time \[when\].they.flow they.are.silenced when it is.hot they.are.dried.up from place their *JPS 1917:* What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. [Job 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/) הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃ *Word for word:* \[those who\].pluck.off mallow on bush\[es\] and.\[the\] root of.broom.plants their.food them *JPS 1917:* They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food. - ← previous: [חמם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2527.md) - next →: [חַמָּן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2553.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-4.md)