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ḥmm (a/a) vb. to be hot
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto be hot4 senses▶
1
to be hot
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA
TgO Ex16:21↗ כַד חְמָא"חם" עְלוֹהִי שִמשָא פָשַר‏ : when the sun grows hot on it it melts ; FTV Gen35:9↗ במיחם יומא‏ : at the hottest time of day ; P Gn18:1↗ ܟܕ ܚܡ ܝܘܡܐ‏ : when the day grew hot ; BT BB 19a(45)↗ משום דמחממי חאים ומקררי קאיר‏ : because (sand surrounding) heated objects heats up and (sand surrounding) cooled objects cools down [i.e. it acts as an insulator and is relevant only to the Sabbath]
2
to wither (= ḥmy)
Syr, Man
P Mt13:6↗ ܟ݁ܲܕ݂ ܕ݁ܢܲܚ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ܂ ܚܲܡ‏ ; GY 5:21↗ lahaimia tagia ḏbrišiẖ ulanatria aṭi^r^pia ḏklilẖ
3
to become in heat
Syr
P Gn30:39↗ ܘܚ݁ܡܢ ܥܢܐ ܥܠ ܙܩ̈ܬܐ‏
4
to become angry
Man
Dpaˁˁelto heat2 senses▶
1
to heat
Syr
P Job39:14↗ ܡܚܡܡܐ ܠܗܝܢ‏
2
p.p. : hot with anger
JLAtg
TgJ Hos7:7↗ כוּלְהוֹן מְחָמְמִין כְתַנוּרָא‏ : †
Cˀafˁelto heat2 senses▶
1
to heat
Palmyrene, Syr, JBA, JudSyr
AphDem7.137:7↗ ܙܝܢܗܘܢ ܡܚܡ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ‏ ; IVMac11:19↗ ܘܫܦܘ̈ܕܐ ܚܪܝ̈ܦܐ ܡܚܡܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : they heated sharp spits ; BT Pes 76a(7)↗ אחמה לחרס ואחימתיה חרס לדידיה‏ : (the juice) heated up the earthenware, and the earthenware heated it up [i.e. the juice] ; Anan 3:11↗ מיא דאחמינון גוים‏ : water that gentiles heated
(1)
to temper metal
Syr
Geop 12:15↗ ܥܒܕ ܐܣܟ̈ܦܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܚܫܐ ܕܡܢ ܩܘܦܪܘܣ܂ ܘܐܚܡ ܐܢܝܢ‏ : make spades of Cypriot copper and fire them
2
to arouse emotions
JBA
BT Šab 153a(5)↗ אחים לי הספידאי‏ : make my eulogy hot
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto become in heat1 sense▶
to become in heat
LJLA
PJ Gen30:39↗ ואתחימו ענא לקבל חטריא‏ : the sheep before the rods came in heat
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be heated2 senses▶
1
to be heated
Syr, JBA, LJLA
BT Šab 110b(44)↗ כי קם איחמם ונפל מיניה פורתא פורתא‏ : when (the garment) was heated up (by the fever), it disintegrated [lit. fell off him] bit by bit
(1)
to burn
Syr
(2)
to be feverish
PTA
TN Gen18:1↗ מתחמם מן אדם גזירתיה‏ : feverish from the blood of his circumcision
2
to be aroused
Syr, JBA
ThMarg 1:29:18 ܪܬ݂ܚ ܒܛܢܢܐ ܘܐܬܚܲܡܲܡ ܒܚܡܬܐ‏ : he seethed with zeal and burned with anger ; BT Nid 43a(20)↗ כל איחמומי נמי הדר איחמומי בשעתיה לא שכיח‏ : any arousal again also being aroused at the same period is not common
(1)
to become angry
LJLA
TgEsth2 5:10(0)↗ ואיתחמם המן ועל לגו ביתיה‏
(2)
fig.(?) : to wait expectantly (?)
LJLA
TgSong8:5↗ כיומא דאתחממת תחות טורא דסיני לקבלא ית אוריתא‏ : as the day when (the nation) waited expectantly beneath Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah
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See note s.v. rtḥ vb. Note the JLA suppletive form yḥm vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 465[239]DJPA: 206bDJBA: 469aJastrow: 435Drower/Macuch: 149, 150, 135b, 240Payne-Smith: 1296J. Payne-Smith: 145Levy Ch-W: 1:266Tal Sam: 279bDNWSI: 381BarBahlul: 758:17Qumran: 79

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