Strong’s
H2559Verb2 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Song of Songs 5:6חָמַק
I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
- Jeremiah 31:22תִּתְחַמָּקִין
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָמַק vb. turn away (intr.)
Qal and my beloved had turned away, passed on.
Hithp. turn hither and thither
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.