חָמַק
chamak · turn away
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2559 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chamak (חָמַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “turn away”.
To turn away, to go off.
How to say it
cha·mak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To turn and be gone.
- To roam aimlessly, back and forth.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- had slipped away ×1
- will you wander here and there ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Song of Songs 5:6
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had slipped away, had gone on; my soul went out when he spoke; I sought him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
- Jeremiah 31:22
How long will you wander here and there, faithless daughter? For YHWH has created a new thing in the land: a woman will surround a man.”