# חָמַק (chamaq)

Israeli respelling: cha-maq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2559. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to wrap; hence, to depart (i.e. turn about)

King James renderings: go about, withdraw self.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chamaq-h2559

## Occurrences

- [Song of Solomon 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/6) — I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not fin…
- [Jeremiah 31:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/22) — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.