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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2559 - חָמַק

Transliteration

châmaq

Phonetics

khaw-mak'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

682

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to withdraw, turn around, turn away

1a) (Qal) to turn away

1b) (Hithpael) to turn about, vacillate, turn hither and thither

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3928 ‑ παρέρχομαι (par‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 654 ‑ ἀποστρέφω (ap‑os‑tref'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

NAS (5)

Song of Solomon 2

Jeremiah 3

HCS (2)

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

BSB (2)

Song of Solomon 1

Jeremiah 1

ESV (1)

Jeremiah 1

WEB (1)

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2174) q m h (ההמק HhMQ) AC: Turn CO: Round AB: ?

V) q m h (ההמק HhMQ) - Turn: KJV (2): (vf: Paal, Hitpael) withdraw, go - Strongs: H2559 (חָמַק)

d^m) q f m h (ההמוק HhMWQ) - Rounded: Something that is round. KJV (1): joints - Strongs: H2542 (הַמּוּק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָמַק verb turn away (intransitive) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular עָבָ֑ר׳וְדוֺדִי ח Song of Solomon 5:6 and my beloved had turned away, passed on.

Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 feminine singular עַדמָֿתַי תִּתְחַמָּקִין הַבַּת הַשּׁוֺבֵבָה Jeremiah 31:22 turn hither and thither, see Gf VB.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָמַק

(1) to go round, a kindred root to חָבַק. See Hithpael.

(2) to turn oneself round, to depart, Song of Solomon 5:2. Hithpael, to wander about, see Kal, Jeremiah 31:22. Derivative חַמּוּק.

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List of Word Forms

חָמַ֣ק חמק תִּתְחַמָּקִ֔ין תתחמקין chaMak ḥā·maq ḥāmaq tiṯ·ḥam·mā·qîn titchammaKin tiṯḥammāqîn