Know the Word.

Hebrew word

kâmar

kaw-mar'

כָּמַר

What it means

properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. to shrivel

properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • yearn1
  • yearned1
  • black1
  • kindled1

Every place it appears 4

Genesis43:30
1 Kings3:26
Lamentations5:10
Hosea11:8
kâmar — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to intertwine or contr”