Passionate Desire

† [חָמַם] vb. be or become warm (NH id., Pi., make warm, Aramaic ܚܰܡ, חֲמַם be warm; Arabic حَمَّ become hot, of water; also heat, kindle fire in)— Qal Pf. חַם ψ 39:4; Ex 16:21; וְחַם consec. 1 K 1:2; Ec 4:11; חַמּוֹתִ֫י Is 44:16; Impf. יָחֹם Is 44:16; וַיָּ֫חָם 2 K 4:34; Is 44:15; יִחַם (יֵ K3) 1 K 1:1; יֵחַם Dt 19:6; יֵחָ֑ם Ec 4:11; 3 fs. תֵּחַם Ez 24:11; יֵחַמּוּ Ho 7:7; וַיֶּחֱמוּ Gn 30:39; וַיֵּחַמְנָה v 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; v. also Köi. 365, 417 ff., who on account of יחם Pi. Inf. Gn 30:41; 31:10, der. last two, needlessly, from יחם); Inf. לַחְמָם Is 47:14, cf. Jb 30:4 (where, however, ל׳ is from לֶחֶם Mich Di unles (Luzz Che) we read לְחַמֵּם Pi. Inf. in both); חֹם 1 S 11:9; Hg 1:6; Ne 7:3; sf. חֻמּוֹ Jb 6:17; חֻמָּם Je 51:39;— 1. lit., be or grow warm Ex 16:21 (P; subj. שֶׁמֶשׁ), cf. 1 S 11:9; Ne 7:3 and Jb 6:17 (sf. of impers. subj.); from fire Is 44:15, 16(×2) 47:14 (cf. supr.); natural heat 1 K 1:1, 2 (by personal contact), so 2 K 4:34; Ec 4:11(×2), from clothing Hg 1:6; of Jerusalem under fig. of pot or caldron Ez 24:11. 2. fig., subj. לִבִּי ψ 39:4 (‖ בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ), cf. Dt 19:6; of conspirators Ho 7:7; Chaldeans Je 51:39. 3. of heat in conception (animals) Gn 30:38, 39 (cf. יחם). Niph. Pt. נֵחָמִים באלים Is 57:5 (Köi.371), inflame oneself with, of idolatry. Pi. Impf. 3 fs. תְּחַמֵּם Jb 39:14 keep eggs warm (of ostrich). Hithp. Impf. יִתְחַמָּם warm oneself Jb 31:20 מִגֵּז כְּבָשִׂים by means of fleece of sheep.

θερμαίνω, aorist ἐθέρμηνα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect τεθέρμαγκα Refs 5th c.AD+ see at {κεχλίαγκα}: perfect passive τεθέρμασμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: (θερμός): —warm, heat, εἰς ὅ κε θερμὰ λοετρὰ.. Ἑκαμήδη θερμήνῃ Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, cause to be warmed, τῇ ἐρωμένῃ χαλκία δύο ὕδατος Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, to be heated, Refs 8th c.BC+; feel the sensation of heat, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be or grow feverish, Refs 5th c.BC+.ι; to be parched, of roots, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 metaphorically, θ. φιλότατι νόον Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλὰ θερμαίνοι φρενί is probably falsa lectio for{π. θ. φρένα}, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται glows with hope, Refs 5th c.BC+; χαρᾷ θ. καρδίαν have one's heart warm with joy, Refs 5th c.BC+