- Original: כּמר - Transliteration: Kamar - Phonetic: kaw-mar' - Definition: 1. to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated a. (Niphal) 1. to grow warm and tender 2. to be or grow hot - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 993,994,995 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to intertwine or contract that is (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity): - be black be kindled yearn. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • black, 1 Lamentations 5:10 • kindled, 1 Hosea 11:8 • yearn, 1 Genesis 43:30 • yearned, 1 1 Kings 3:26