כָּמַר kâmar

Meaning

properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)

In the King James Version: be black, be kindled, yearn.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 43:30 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
• 1 Kings 3:26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
• Lamentations 5:10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
• Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!