חָמַם

Qal Perfect חַם Sl 39,4; 2 Mos 16,21 וְחַם consecutive 1 Kong 1,2; Praed 4,11 חַמּוֺתִ֫י Es 44,16 Imperfect יָחֹם Es 44,16 וַיָּ֫חָם 2 Kong 4,34; Es 44,15 also יִחַם 1 Kong 1,1 יֵחַם 5 Mos 19,6 יֵחָ֑ם Praed 4,11 3 feminine singular תֵּחַם Ezk 24,11 יֵחַמּוּ Hos 7,7 וַיֶּחֱמוּ 1 Mos 30,39 וַיֵּחַמְנָה v1 Mos 30,38 (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}; see also Kö^{i. 365, 417 ff.}, who on account of יחם Pi`el Infinitive 1 Mos 30,41; 1 Mos 31,10, derives last two, needlessly, from יחם); Infinitive לַחְמָם Es 47,14, compare Job 30,4 (where, however, ׳ל is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unless (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi`el Infinitive in both); חֹם 1 Sam 11,9; Hag 1,6; Neh 7,3 suffix חֻמּוֺ Job 6,17 חֻמָּם Jer 51,39 —

1. literally, be or grow warm 2 Mos 16,21 (P; subject שֶׁמֶשׁ), compare 1 Sam 11,9; Neh 7,3 and Job 6,17 (suffix of impersonal subject); from fire Es 44,15; Es 44,16 (twice in verse); Es 47,14 (compare above); natural heat 1 Kong 1,1; 1 Kong 1,2 (by personal contact), so 2 Kong 4,34; Praed 4,11 (twice in verse), from clothing Hag 1,6 of Jerusalem under figure of pot or caldron Ezk 24,11.

2. figurative, subject לִבִּי Sl 39,4 (|| בַהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַראֵֿשׁ), compare 5 Mos 19,6 of conspirators Hos 7,7 Chaldeans Jer 51,39.

3. of heat in conception (animals) 1 Mos 30,38; 1 Mos 30,39 (compare יחם). Niph`al Participle נֵחָמִים באלים Es 57,5 (Kö<sup>i. 371</sup>), inflame oneself with, of idolatry. Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּחַמֵּם Job 39,14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich). Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Job 31,20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep.