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H2559 חָמַק (châmaq) khaw-mak'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to wrap; hence, to depart (i.e. turn about)

KJV Usage: go about, withdraw self

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָמַק (cha.maq) — to turn away. 1) to withdraw, turn around, turn away 1a) (Qal) to turn away 1b) (Hithpael) to turn about, vacillate, turn hither and thither

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · חַמּוּק

Stance | verb qal

to turn around = action by which humans turn around to face another direction ► in order to leave

SNG 5:6

Think | verb hit

to waver, to hesitate literally: to turn around to face then this and then that direction; hence: = action by which humans keep thinking about something without being able to come to a decision

JER 31:22

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָמַק vb. turn away (intr.) Qal and my beloved had turned away, passed on.

Hithp. turn hither and thither

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