Keraia
Lexicon

קָמָי

qa.may(Leb)-kamaiHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb628 occurrences36 books596 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Traditional renderings: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָמָי:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

628 total
  1. Judges 19:27וַיָּ֨קָם · got up
    In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
  2. Judges 19:28ק֥וּמִי · Get up; וַיָּ֣קָם · and set out
    “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
  3. Judges 20:5וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ · rose up
    And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
  4. Judges 20:8וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · stood
    Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
  5. Judges 20:18וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ · set out
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  6. Judges 20:19וַיָּק֥וּמוּ · set out
    The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
  7. Judges 20:33קָ֚מוּ · got up
    So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
  8. Ruth 1:6וַתָּ֤קָם · prepared
    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  9. Ruth 2:15וַתָּ֖קָם · When [Ruth] got up
    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
  10. Ruth 3:14וַתָּ֕קָם · but she got up
    So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
  11. Ruth 4:5לְהָקִ֥ים · in order to raise
    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
  12. Ruth 4:7לְקַיֵּ֣ם · legally binding
    Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
  13. Ruth 4:10לְהָקִ֤ים · to raise up
    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
  14. 1 Samuel 1:9וַתָּ֣קָם · stood up
    So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
  15. 1 Samuel 1:23יָקֵ֥ם · confirm
    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  16. 1 Samuel 2:8מֵקִ֨ים · He raises
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  17. 1 Samuel 2:35וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י · Then I will raise up
    Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
  18. 1 Samuel 3:6וַיָּ֤קָם · got up
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  19. 1 Samuel 3:8וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · He got up
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  20. 1 Samuel 3:12אָקִ֣ים · I will carry out
    On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
  21. 1 Samuel 4:15קָ֔מָה · was fixed
    Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
  22. 1 Samuel 9:3וְק֣וּם
    One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
  23. 1 Samuel 9:26ק֖וּמָה · Get ready; וַיָּ֣קָם · got ready
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  24. 1 Samuel 13:14תָק֑וּם · endure
    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
  25. 1 Samuel 13:15וַיָּ֣קָם · set out
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  26. 1 Samuel 15:11הֵקִ֑ים · carried out
    “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
  27. 1 Samuel 15:13הֲקִימֹ֖תִי · I have carried out
    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
  28. 1 Samuel 16:12ק֥וּם · Rise
    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
  29. 1 Samuel 16:13וַיָּ֣קָם · set out
    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
  30. 1 Samuel 17:35וַיָּ֣קָם · If it reared up
    I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
  31. 1 Samuel 17:48קָ֣ם
    As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
  32. 1 Samuel 17:52וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ · charged forward
    Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
  33. 1 Samuel 18:27וַיָּ֨קָם
    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
  34. 1 Samuel 20:25וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · opposite
    He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
  35. 1 Samuel 20:34וַיָּ֧קָם · got up
    Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
  36. 1 Samuel 20:41קָ֚ם · got up
    When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
  37. 1 Samuel 20:42וַיָּ֖קָם · Then David got up
    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
  38. 1 Samuel 21:10וַיָּ֣קָם
    That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
  39. 1 Samuel 22:8הֵקִים֩ · has stirred up
    Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
  40. 1 Samuel 22:13לָק֥וּם · so that he could rise up
    And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
  41. 1 Samuel 23:4ק֚וּם · at once
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  42. 1 Samuel 23:13וַיָּקָם֩ · set out
    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
  43. 1 Samuel 23:16וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · And
    And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
  44. 1 Samuel 23:24וַיָּק֛וּמוּ · So they set out
    So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
  45. 1 Samuel 24:4וַיָּ֣קָם · crept up
    So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
  46. 1 Samuel 24:7לָק֣וּם · rise up; קָ֥ם · left
    With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
  47. 1 Samuel 24:8וַיָּ֨קָם · got up
    After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence