כָּמַר (b. h., v. כָּמַהּ, 1) [to heat,] to make כּוֹמֶר (v. כּוֹמֶר I), to produce shrinking and maturing of fruits by underground storage or by exposure to the sun. Tosef. Men. IX, 10 לא היו … וכוֹמְרִין אותן (Var. וכורמין) they did not cut the grapes and let them shrink (before putting them in the press), but cut and immediately pressed them. B. Mets. 89ᵇ ולא יִכְמוֹר באדמה וכ׳ (Ar. יְכַמֵּר Pi., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) the laborer must not hide grapes in the ground (to eat them afterwards). —2) (trnsf.) to watch, guard.—Denom. כּוֹמֶר II. —3) to lay a trap, v. infra.
Pi. - כִּימֵּר,
Hif. - הִכְמִיר 1) to hide in the ground, heat. Maasr. IV, 1, v. כָּמַן. B. Mets. l. c., v. supra. —2) (denom. of מִכְמָר) to lay a trap, net. Tosef. Yeb. XIV, 6 שהיו מְכַמְּרִין מכמרות that were laying nets; Yeb. 121ᵃ מְכַ׳ מכמורין; Y. ib. XVI, 15ᵈ top לִכְמוֹר מ׳.
Nif. - נִכְמַר 1) to shrink, fall in by the effect of the heat, to tumble inward. Y. B. Mets. X, beg. 12ᶜ נ׳ כתנור if the house fell in like a furnace, opp. נפל לחוץ. —2) (trnsf.) with רחמים, to be bent over, to feel compassion (cmp. גִּלְגֵּל). Yalk. Gen. 150 נִכְמְרוּ רחמיו של יוסף Joseph was moved to compassion; (Tanḥ. Vayigg. 4 נתגלגלו ר׳).