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H3648 · כָּמַר

kâmar · kaw-mar' · yearn, kindle, black

H3648 (kâmar, pronounced kaw-mar') is the Hebrew word כָּמַר in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat). It appears 4 times in 4 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
כָּמַר (Hebrew)
Transliteration
kâmar
Pronunciation
kaw-mar'
Derivation
a primitive root;
Definition
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
Rendered in the KJV
be black, be kindled, yearn.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

4 occurrences in 4 verses.

How the BSB renders it

By book

Genesis 1 · 1 Kings 1 · Lamentations 1 · Hosea 1

Verses

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