קָמָי

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:

ἀνίστημιanistēmi“to arise”73%
ἵστημιhistēmi“to stand”13%
ἐγείρωegeirō“to arise”3%
μένωmenō“to stay”2%
ἐπανίστημιepanistēmi“to rebel against”1%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

628 total

1 Samuel 24:20וְקָ֙מָה֙ · will be established
Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
1 Samuel 25:1וַיָּ֣קָם · set out
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
1 Samuel 25:29וַיָּ֤קָם · And should someone
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
1 Samuel 25:41וַתָּ֕קָם · She arose
She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
1 Samuel 25:42וַתָּ֣קָם
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
1 Samuel 26:2וַיָּ֣קָם
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
1 Samuel 26:5וַיָּ֣קָם · set out
Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
1 Samuel 27:2וַיָּ֣קָם · set out
So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 28:23וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · He got up
Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
1 Samuel 28:25וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ · they got up
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
1 Samuel 31:12וַיָּק֜וּמוּ · set out
…all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
2 Samuel 2:14יָק֤וּמוּ · get up; יָקֻֽמוּ׃ · Let them get up
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
2 Samuel 2:15וַיָּקֻ֖מוּ · So they got up
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
2 Samuel 3:10וּלְהָקִ֞ים · and to establish
…to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
2 Samuel 3:21אָק֣וּמָה׀
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
2 Samuel 6:2וַיָּ֣קָם׀
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
2 Samuel 7:12וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י · I will raise up
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:25הָקֵ֖ם · confirm
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
2 Samuel 11:2וַיָּ֨קָם · got up
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
2 Samuel 12:11מֵקִ֨ים · I will raise up
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
2 Samuel 12:17וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ · stood; לַהֲקִימ֖וֹ · to help him up
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
2 Samuel 12:20וַיָּקָם֩ · got up
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
2 Samuel 12:21קַ֖מְתָּ · you got up
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
2 Samuel 13:15ק֥וּמִי · Get up
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
2 Samuel 13:29וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ׀ · got up
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
2 Samuel 13:31וַיָּ֧קָם · stood up
Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
2 Samuel 14:7קָ֨מָה · has risen up
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:23וַיָּ֥קָם · got up
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:31וַיָּ֣קָם
Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
2 Samuel 15:9וַיָּ֖קָם · So [Absalom] got up
“Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:14ק֣וּמוּ · Arise
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
2 Samuel 17:1וְאָק֛וּמָה · and set out
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
2 Samuel 17:21ק֣וּמוּ · Get up
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
2 Samuel 17:22וַיָּ֣קָם · got up
So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
2 Samuel 17:23וַיָּ֜קָם · and set out
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
2 Samuel 18:31הַקָּמִ֥ים · who rose up
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
2 Samuel 18:32קָ֥מוּ · rise up
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
2 Samuel 19:7ק֣וּם · get up
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
2 Samuel 19:8וַיָּ֥קָם · got up
So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
2 Samuel 22:39יְקוּמ֑וּן · rise
I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel 22:40קָמַ֖י · my foes
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
2 Samuel 22:49וּמִקָּמַי֙ · above my foes
…who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
2 Samuel 23:1הֻ֣קַם · raised
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 Samuel 23:10קָם֩ · stood his ground
…but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
2 Samuel 24:11וַיָּ֥קָם · got up
When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
2 Samuel 24:18הָקֵ֤ם · and build
And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
1 Kings 1:49וַיָּקֻ֔מוּ · arose
At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
1 Kings 1:50וַיָּ֣קָם · got up
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.