כָּמַר
ka.mar
“to grow warm”
Definition
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
a primitive root;
- to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to grow warm and tender 1a2) to be or grow hot
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
כָּמַר appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!”But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
How could I give you up, O Ephraim?How could I surrender you, O Israel?How could I make you like Admah?How could I treat you like Zeboiim?My heart is turned within Me;My compassion is stirred!
Our skin is as hot as an ovenwith fever from our hunger.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.