חמה

Hebrew edit

Root
ח־מ־ם (ḥ-m-m)

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חַמָּה • (khamá) f [pattern: קַטְלָה]

Root
י־ח־ם (y-ḥ-m)

Compare Aramaic יַחְמָא (“poison”), Classical Syriac ܚܶܡܬܳܐ (ħɛm(mə)θɑ(ʔ), “heat, wrath, poison”), Arabic حُمَةٌ (ḥumatun, “poison, heat, fever”), Ge'ez ሐሞት (ḥämot, “bile, gall, venom”), Amharic ሐሞት (ḥämot, “bile, gall”), Tigrinya ሓሞት (ḥamot, “bile”). Possibly related to Akkadian /imtu/ (poison, venom). Possibly related to Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm, “hot water, fever”).

חֵמָה • (khemá) f (plural indefinite חֵמוֹת, singular construct חמת־, plural construct חמות־)

Rage, wrath, fury
- Tanach, Psalms 78:38, with translation of the New International Version:
  וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָ֝עִיר כָּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃
  Yet he was merciful. he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
venom, poison
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 32:33, with translation of the New International Version:
  חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃
  Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

H2534 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Leslau, Wolf. Comparative Dictionary of Ge'ez (Classical Ethiopic), 2006. Harrassowitz Verlag. Wiesbaden [[1]]