Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to wrap; hence, to depart (i.e. turn about)
KJV Usage: go about, withdraw self
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָמַק (cha.maq) — to turn away. 1) to withdraw, turn around, turn away 1a) (Qal) to turn away 1b) (Hithpael) to turn about, vacillate, turn hither and thither
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חַמּוּק
Stance | verb qal
to turn around = action by which humans turn around to face another direction ► in order to leave
Think | verb hit
to waver, to hesitate literally: to turn around to face then this and then that direction; hence: = action by which humans keep thinking about something without being able to come to a decision
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָמַק vb. turn away (intr.) Qal and my beloved had turned away, passed on.
Hithp. turn hither and thither
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