חַמָּהchammâh
heat, sun, (poetry)
Pronunciation: kham-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2535
Meanings
1. heat, of sun (Psalms 19:7)
2. moon, = sun (Job 30:28; Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 30:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Job 30:28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.
- Psalms 19:6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens and follows its course to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.
- Song of Solomon 6:10 “Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
- Isaiah 24:23 Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of his people.
- Isaiah 30:26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).