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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. 1 Kings 2:4יָקִ֨ים · may fulfill
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  2. 1 Kings 2:19וַיָּקָם֩ · stood up
    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
  3. 1 Kings 2:40וַיָּ֣קָם
    So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
  4. 1 Kings 3:12יָק֥וּם · will there ever be
    …behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
  5. 1 Kings 3:20וַתָּקָם֩ · So she got up
    So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
  6. 1 Kings 3:21וָאָקֻ֥ם · when I got up
    The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
  7. 1 Kings 6:12וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י · I will fulfill
    “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  8. 1 Kings 7:21וַיָּ֙קֶם֙ · Thus he set up; וַיָּ֜קֶם; וַיָּ֙קֶם֙
    Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
  9. 1 Kings 8:20וַיָּ֣קֶם · has fulfilled; וָאָקֻ֡ם · I have succeeded
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  10. 1 Kings 8:54קָ֞ם · he got up
    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  11. 1 Kings 9:5וַהֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜י · then I will establish
    …then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  12. 1 Kings 11:14וַיָּ֨קֶם · raised up
    Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
  13. 1 Kings 11:18וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ · Hadad and his men set out
    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
  14. 1 Kings 11:23וַיָּ֨קֶם · raised up
    And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
  15. 1 Kings 11:40וַיָּ֣קָם · arose
    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
  16. 1 Kings 12:15הָקִ֣ים · fulfill
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  17. 1 Kings 14:2ק֤וּמִי · get up
    …and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  18. 1 Kings 14:4וַתָּ֙קָם֙ · she arose; קָ֥מוּ · were dim
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  19. 1 Kings 14:12ק֖וּמִי · get up
    As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
  20. 1 Kings 14:14וְהֵקִים֩ · will raise up
    Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
  21. 1 Kings 14:17וַתָּ֙קָם֙ · got up
    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
  22. 1 Kings 15:4לְהָקִ֤ים · by raising up
    Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
  23. 1 Kings 16:32וַיָּ֥קֶם · First, [Ahab] set up
    First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
  24. 1 Kings 17:9ק֣וּם · Get up
    “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
  25. 1 Kings 17:10וַיָּ֣קָם׀ · So Elijah got up
    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
  26. 1 Kings 19:3וַיָּ֙קָם֙
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  27. 1 Kings 19:5ק֥וּם · Get up
    Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
  28. 1 Kings 19:7ק֣וּם · Get up
    A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
  29. 1 Kings 19:8וַיָּ֖קָם · So he got up
    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  30. 1 Kings 19:21וַיָּ֗קָם · Then he set out
    So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
  31. 1 Kings 21:7ק֤וּם · Get up
    But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
  32. 1 Kings 21:15ק֣וּם · Get up
    When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
  33. 1 Kings 21:16וַיָּ֣קָם · got up
    And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  34. 1 Kings 21:18ק֣וּם · Get up
    “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
  35. 2 Kings 1:3ק֣וּם
    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
  36. 2 Kings 1:15וַיָּ֛קָם · So [Elijah] got up
    Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
  37. 2 Kings 3:24וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ · rose up
    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  38. 2 Kings 4:30וַיָּ֖קָם · So he got up
    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
  39. 2 Kings 6:15לָקוּם֒ · got up
    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
  40. 2 Kings 7:5וַיָּק֣וּמוּ · So they arose
    So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
  41. 2 Kings 7:7וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ · Thus [the Arameans] had arisen
    Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
  42. 2 Kings 7:12וַיָּ֨קָם · got up
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  43. 2 Kings 8:1ק֤וּמִי · Arise
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  44. 2 Kings 8:2וַתָּ֙קָם֙ · had proceeded
    So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
  45. 2 Kings 8:21קָ֣ם · rose up
    So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
  46. 2 Kings 9:2וַהֲקֵֽמֹתוֹ֙ · get him away
    When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.