חָמַקchâmaq
turn away, (intransitive)
Pronunciation: khaw-mak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2559
Meanings
Qal: and my beloved had turned away, passed on (Song of Solomon 5:6)
Hithpa`el: turn hither and thither (Jeremiah 31:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Song of Solomon 5:6 I opened to my lover, but he was gone! My heart sank. I searched for him but could not find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply.
- Jeremiah 31:22 How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”
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).