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Lexicon :: Strong's H2564 - ḥēmār

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חֵמָר
Transliteration
ḥēmār
Pronunciation
khay-mawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 683b

Strong’s Definitions

חֵמָר chêmâr, khay-mawr'; from H2560; bitumen (as rising to the surface):—slime(-pit).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2564 in the following manner: slime (2x), slimepit (with H875) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2564 in the following manner: slime (2x), slimepit (with H875) (1x).

  1. slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵמָר chêmâr, khay-mawr'; from H2560; bitumen (as rising to the surface):—slime(-pit).
STRONGS H2564: Abbreviations
† חֵמָר noun [masculine] bitumen, asphalt (from I. חמר according to OBlauZMG 1869, 279, bitumen as seething, swelling up; Thes MV, from IV. חמר, with reference to reddish-brown colour) — חֵמָר Genesis 11:3 2 times; used for cement in building Babel Genesis 11:3 (J); abounding in vale of Siddim בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת ח׳ Genesis 14:10; used in coating Moses' 'ark' of bulrushes Exodus 2:3 (E; || זָ֑פֶת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3; 14:10

Exodus

2:3

H2564

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Strong's Number H2564 matches the Hebrew חֵמָר (ḥēmār),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They said H559 to one H376 another, H7453 “Come, H3051 let us make H3835 bricks H3835 and burn H8313 them thoroughly.” H8316 And they used H1961 brick H3843 for stone, H68 and they used H1961 tar H2564 for mortar. H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the valley H6010 of Siddim H7708 was full of tar H2564 pits; H875 and the kings H4428 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 fled, H5127 and they fell H5307 [fn]into them. But those who survived H7604 fled H5127 to the hill H2022 country. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could H3201 hide H6845 him no H3808 longer, H5750 she got H3947 him a [fn]wicker H1573 [fn]basket H8392 and covered H2560 it over with tar H2564 and pitch. H2203 Then she put H7760 the child H3206 into it and set H7760 it among the reeds H5488 by the bank H8193 of the Nile. H2975
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