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title: חָמַק — turn away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָמַק (2559), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: turn away. BDB 1906: vb. turn away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָמַק

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«חָמַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turn away** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2559 · **BDB:** חָמַק

### Glosses

he.had.turned.away (1); will (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turn away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2559/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. turn away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2559/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. turn away (intr.)— Pf. 3 ms. וְדוֹדִי ח׳ עָכָ֑ר Ct 5:6 and my beloved had turned away, passed on. Impf. 2 fs. עַד־מָתַי תִּתְחַמָּקִין הַבַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָה Je 31:22 turn hither and thither, v. Gf VB.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָמַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2559/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 31:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.22/)

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עַד־מָתַי֙ תִּתְחַמָּקִ֔ין הַבַּ֖ת הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה כִּֽי־בָרָ֨א יְהוָ֤ה חֲדָשָׁה֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ נְקֵבָ֖ה תְּס֥וֹבֵֽב גָּֽבֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* until when? will you.turn.hither.and.thither O daughter (the) apostate (dm) he.has.created Yahweh a.new.\[thing\] on the earth a.female she.will.surround a.man

*JPS 1917:* How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter? For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall court a man.

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[Song of Songs 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.6/)

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פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ לְדוֹדִ֔י וְדוֹדִ֖י חָמַ֣ק עָבָ֑ר נַפְשִׁי֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה בְדַבְּר֔וֹ בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֙יהוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מְצָאתִ֔יהוּ קְרָאתִ֖יו וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.opened I to lover my and lover my he.had.turned.away he.had.passed.away being my it.went.out when he turned.aside I sought.him and not I found.him I called.him and not he answered.me

*JPS 1917:* I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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