Lexicon :: Strong's H3648 - kāmar

כָּמַר
Transliteration
kāmar
Pronunciation
kaw-mar'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 993,994,995

Strong’s Definitions

כָּמַר kâmar, kaw-mar'; a primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity):—be black, be kindled, yearn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3648 in the following manner: yearn (2x), kindle (1x), black (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3648 in the following manner: yearn (2x), kindle (1x), black (1x).

  1. to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to grow warm and tender

      2. to be or grow hot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּמַר kâmar, kaw-mar'; a primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity):—be black, be kindled, yearn.
STRONGS H3648: Abbreviations
† I. [כָּמַר] verb Niph. grow warm and tender, be or grow hot (Late Hebrew id. Pi. heat fruit in the ground, making it ripe, over-ripe, tender; Aramaic כְּמַר id., and more generally make warm (one's flesh, or food); compare kemr, fermentation, etc., in modern Syria WetzstZPV xiv (1891), 6) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נִכְמְרוּ Genesis 43:30 + 2 times, נִכְמָ֑רוּ Lamentations 5:10; —
1. grow warm and tender, figurative, subject רחמים; רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונ׳ Genesis 43:30 (J), so רַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ נ׳ 1 Kings 3:26; (רַחֲמָ֑י We) נִחוּמָ֑י יַחַד נ׳ Hosea 11:8 (|| נֶהְפַּךְ עָלַי).
2. be or grow hot, עוֺרֵנוּ כְתַנּוּר נ׳ וגו׳ מִפְּנֵי Lamentations 5:10 our skin has become hot like a furnace, because of the famine.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:30; 43:30

1 Kings

3:26

Lamentations

5:10; 5:10

Hosea

11:8