חוּם (v. חמם) to be warm. Part. חָיֵים, חָאֵים. Ḥull. 8ᵇ לכי חָיְימָא when it (the knife) gets warm; v. infra.
Af. - אָחַים to warm; to affect (hearers). M. Kat. 12ᵇ מיא דא׳ וכ׳ water which a gentile cook had warmed.—Sabb. 153ᵃ א׳ באספידא דהתם וכ׳ ed. (Ms. א׳ מר … דאנא, Ms. O. א׳ לי) arouse the feelings of the people when delivering my funeral address, for I (my soul) shall be present. Ib. הא דמַחֲמוּ ליה וחאים Ms. M. (Rashi Ms. וחָיֵים; ed. ואחים, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) in the one case (that of the righteous man) they speak warmly of him, and one becomes warm &c.—Ib. מאן א׳ הספ׳ (Ms. M. חאים, corr. acc.) who will arouse mourning for thee?