STRONGS NUMBER H2534


Word Summary
chemah: heat, rage
Original Word: חֵמָה
Transliteration: chemah
Phonetic Spelling: (khay-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: heat, rage
Meaning: heat, anger, poison
Strong's Concordance
anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furiously heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath ful

Or (Dan. 11:44) chemac {khay-maw'}; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) -- anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See chem'ah.

see HEBREW yacham

see HEBREW chem'ah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2534. chemah

חֵמָא‎ see חֵמָה‎ below יחם‎.

חֵמָהwrath, see below יחם‎; חֵמָהJob 29:6, see חֶמְאָה‎; חַמַּת חַמּוֺן, חַמָּן, חַמָּה,‎ see below חמם‎. below

חֵמָה‎ (once חֵמָא‎):121 noun feminine heat, rage (for ֗֗֗ יְחֵמָה‎; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַחְמָאpoison, heat, wrath, poison, BrockLex. 116, also Nö§ 103; Arabic poison, Lane651; Assyrian imtu, spittle, breath, poison, DlHWB 78 Muss-ArnCD 62) — absolute חֵמָהNahum 1:2 39t.; חֵמָאDaniel 11:44; construct חֲמַתGenesis 27:44 25t.; suffix חֲמָתִיJeremiah 4:4 36t.; חֲמָֽתְךָ10:25 8t.; חֲמָתֶ֑ךָPsalm 88:8; 89:47; חֲמָתוֺIsaiah 51:17 8t.; חֲמָתָםJob 6:4; plural חֵמוֺתProverbs 22:24, חֵמֹתPsalm 76:11; —

1 heat:

a. fever, מִיַּיִן חֲמַתHosea 7:5 fever from wine, wine-fever (on stative construct see Ges§ 130, 1).

b. venom, poison (figurative): עָפָר זֹחֲלֵי חֲמַתDeuteronomy 32:24; ׳ח תַּנִּינִים32:33; ׳ח נָחָשׁPsalm 58:5 compare 58:5; ׳ח עַכְשׁוּב140:4; poison of arrows (of ׳י‎) Job 6:4.

2 burning anger, rage:

a. of man: Genesis 27:44 (J), 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Kings 5:12; Esther 1:12; 2:1; 3:5; 5:9 (against, עַל‎), 7:7, 10; Psalm 37:8 ("" אַף‎), 76:11 (yet on text see Che), Proverbs 6:34; 15:1, 18 (חֵמָה אִישׁman of rage = raging or wrathful man), 16:4; 19:19 (׳גְּדָלאח‎ Qr = one great in rage, see De Now), 27:4 ("" אַף‎), Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:25; חֵמוֺת אִישׁProverbs 22:24 ("" אָ֑ף בַּעַל‎); חֵמָה בַּעַל29:22 ("" אַף אִישׁ‎); עַזָּה חֵמָהstrong rage 21:14 ("" אַף‎); רוּחִי חֲמַתEzekiel 3:14 the rage of my spirit.

b. of the he-goat in Daniel's vision, כֹחוֺ בַּחֲמַתDaniel 8:6 in the fury of his power.

c. of God (׳י‎), often Jeremiah, Isa2, Ezekiel, Psalms: Jeremiah 4:4 16t. Jeremiah; 2 Kings 22:13, 17; Isaiah 27:4 (Hi Ew Di Du; on other interpretations, and on text see Di), 63:5; Lamentations 2:4; Ezekiel 5:13 29t. Ezekiel; Numbers 25:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; 36:16; Psalm 59:14; 79:6; 88:8; 89:47; 106:23; Job 21:20; apparently also 19:29; 36:18 see Di; often "" אַףMicah 5:14; Deuteronomy 9:19; 29:22; Isaiah 42:25 (אַמּוֺ‎ as appositive, + מִלְחָמָה עֱזוּז‎), 63:3, 6; Daniel 9:16; Psalm 6:2; 78:38; 90:7; אַמּוֺ בְּחֵמָה לְהָשִׁיב66:15 ("" בְּלַהֲבֵיאֵֿשׁ וְגַעֲרַתוֺ‎), + Jeremiah 23:19; 30:23 of the whirlwind of ׳י‎; "" אַף‎ + גָּדוֺל קֶצֶףDeuteronomy 29:27; Jeremiah 21:5; 32:37; "" אַף‎ + חֵמָה תֹּכְחוֺתEzekiel 5:15, compare חֵמָה תּוֺכְחוֺת‎ alone 25:17; "" אַמּוֺ חֲרוֺןNahum 1:6; Lamentations 4:11; "" קֶצֶףIsaiah 34:2 (of fury against, על), Psalm 38:2; "" גְּעָרָהIsaiah 51:20; "" גְּמוּל59:18; "" קִנְאָהEzekiel 36:6, compare קִנֵּאתִי גְדוֺלָה חֵמָהZechariah 8:2 ("" גדולה קִנְאָה‎); וְקִנְאָה חֵמָה דַּםEzekiel 16:38 (on text see Co); קֶ֑רִי חֲמַתLeviticus 26:28 rage of meeting, i.e. encountering them in rage; חֲמָתוֺ(ת־ִיׅ כּוֺסIsaiah 51:17, 22 the cup of his (my) fury; הַזּאֹת הַחֵמָה הַיַּיִן כּוֺסJeremiah 25:15; חֵמָה בַּעַלa possessor of fury = furious Nahum 1:2 ("" קִנּוֺא אֵל נֹקֵם,‎). [עַל חֵמָה‎ = rage against one: Isaiah 34:2; 2 Chronicles 28:9. — Vbs. used with חֵמָה‎ are: 2. a.: שׁוּבGenesis 27:44, הֵשִׁיבProverbs 15:1, עָלָה2 Samuel 11:20, בָּעַרEsther 1:12, שָׁכַךְ2:1; 7:10;

2. c.: הֵשִׁיבturn away wrath of ׳יNumbers 25:11; Psalm 106:23; Jeremiah 18:20 (but אַמּוֺ בְּחֵמָה הָשִׁיכIsaiah 66:15 to recompense his anger in fury, give it as requital); ׳ח ׳יis kindled against one ב יצת‎ Niph`al 2 Kings 22:13, 17; it burns בָּֽעֲרָהJeremiah 4:4; 21:12; 44:6; Psalm 89:47; arises עלה2 Chronicles 36:16, compare as object of עלה‎ Hiph`il Ezekiel 24:8; is poured out בְ נִתְּכָה2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; Jeremiah 7:20; עַל נִתְּכָה42:18 (twice in verse); 44:6; כָאֵשׁ נִתְּכָהNahum 1:6; ׳יpours it out אֶל שָׁפַךְPsalm 79:6; עַל שָׁפַךְIsaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 16:38 (according to Co's conjecture), 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15; 36:18; כָּאֵשׁ שָׁפַךְLamentations 2:4; שְׁפוּכָה חֵמָהEzekiel 20:33-34, ח ׳הֵנִיחַ בְbring to rest (i.e. satisfy) one's fury upon 5:13; 16:42; 24:13; ח ׳כִּלָּהLamentations 4:11; + בְּEzekiel 5:13 I have accomplished my fury upon them (in their case), 6:12; 13:15.]

יַחְמוּר‎ see below IV. חמר

יַחְמַי‎ see below חמה

יחף‎ (√ of following; original meaning unknown; Late Hebrew Aramaic יָחֵף‎ adjective as Hebrew; Syriac Aph`el discalceatus fuit; compare perhaps Arabic (transposed) walk barefoot, also become chafed, of foot or hoof).

יחם‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew יָחַם‎, whence חֵמָה‎).