קָמַט

kamat · shrivel, seize

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7059 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

kamat (קָמַט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shrivel, seize”.

A rare verb of uncertain sense: to shrivel, or to seize forcefully.

How to say it

ka·mat

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

  1. To grip hard; to snatch away before one's time.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • were seized ×1
  • you have seized me ×1

Where it appears

  • Job 16:8

    And you have seized me: it has become a witness; and my leanness rises up against me, it testifies to my face.

  • Job 22:16

    who were seized before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a river?