al-Ḥamīm is interpreted in two ways:
1. al-Ḥamīm is used in the sense of close kin or close relatives, as in the following verses:
And a ḥamīm, a ḥanīm (i.e., no close relative, no disbelieving close relative) will not ask [about him].
(al-Maʿārij 70:10)
Ḥamīm (i.e., there is no close! ṣadīq [friend]). (al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:101)
Ḥamīm (i.e., one who has close kinship) is like a walī [friend/protector]. (Fussilat 41:34)
2. al-Ḥamīm is used in the sense of hot/boiling, as in the following verses:
To those who are given to drink from ḥamīm (i.e., hot/boiling) water that tears apart their bowels... (Muḥammad 47:15)
From above their heads, ḥamīm (i.e., hot/boiling water) will be poured. (al-Ḥajj 22:19)
A similar example is found in Sūrat al-Dukhān.
Then, upon it, for them there will be a mixture/boiling from ḥamīm (i.e., from heat). (al-Ṣāffāt 37:67)
They will go back and forth between it [Hell] and ḥamīm (i.e., hot/boiling water). (al-Raḥmān 55:44)