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חָמַק — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

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חָמַק

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָמַק

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חָמַק

ḥāmaq

Gloss

turn away

חָמַק vb. turn away (intr.)

Qal and my beloved had turned away, passed on.

Hithp. turn hither and thither

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Strong’s H2559
STEP Hebrew Lexicon: חָמַק

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.

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