† I. חֲמוֺר noun [
masculine]
heap, absolute
ח׳ with dual
חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (Baer
חְִמֹרֹת׳), as if from
חֲמֹרָה; —
בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֺר חֲמוֺר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם H2565 Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.
† II. חֲמוֺר noun masculineGenesis 45:23 (he)-ass (Late Hebrew
id. (sometimes female, but this regularly
חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic
הֲמָרָא,
axrxmo Arabic
حِمَارً, Palmyrene
חמרא Reckend
ZMG 1888, 404; as
imêru, Schr
Cot Gloss; — name from
reddish colour) — absolute
חֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 +
43 times;
חֲמֹר Exodus 13:13;
Deuteronomy 22:10; construct
חֲמוֺר Exodus 23:5 +
4 times;
הֲמֹר Genesis 49:14; suffix
חֲמֹרְךָ Deuteronomy 5:14;
Deuteronomy 28:31;
חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:12;
חֲמֹרוֺ Genesis 22:3 +
8 times; plural
חֲמוֺרִים Judges 19:10 +
9 times;
חֲמֹרִים Genesis 12:16 +
16 times; suffix
חֲמוֺרֵינוּ Judges 19:19;
חֲמֹרֵינוּ Genesis 43:18;
חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:16;
חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Genesis 34:28 +
4 times;
חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם Joshua 9:4; —
ass (he-ass;
אתון=
she-ass) found in all periods (collective only
Genesis 32:26 [
Genesis 32:25;
Isaiah 21:7); —
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc.
Genesis 12:16;
Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48;
Genesis 47:17;
Exodus 9:3 (all J)
Exodus 20:17 (E),
Exodus 21:33;
Exodus 22:8 (twice in verse);
Exodus 22:9;
Exodus 23:4,
5,
12;
Numbers 16:15;
Joshua 6:21;
Joshua 7:24 (all J E); note also
Exodus 13:13=
Exodus 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to
י׳);
Genesis 36:24;
Numbers 31:28,
30,
34,
39,
45 (all P);
Deuteronomy 5:14,
18;
Deuteronomy 22:3,
4;
Judges 6:4;
1 Samuel 8:16;
1 Samuel 12:3;
1 Samuel 15:3;
1 Samuel 22:19;
1 Samuel 27:9;
1 Chronicles 5:21;
Ezra 2:67=
Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer),
Zechariah 14:15; collective
Genesis 32:5 [
Genesis 32:4 (J; ||
שׁוֺר),
צאֹן,
עֶבֶד,
שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar ||)
Genesis 34:28 (P),
Genesis 47:17 (J); compare also
יְתוֺמִים ח׳ Job 24:3 the orphans' ass (||
שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib
Isaiah 1:3 (||
שׁוֺר); found in camp
2 Kings 7:7,
10 (both ||
סוּסִים); as harnessed
מֶתֶג לַה׳ Proverbs 26:3 (||
סוּס).
2. used for riding :
3. beast of burden
Genesis 22:3,
5 (compare
Genesis 22:6),
Genesis 42:26,
27;
Genesis 45:23 (all E)
Genesis 43:18,
24;
Genesis 44:3,
13 (all J),
Joshua 9:4 (JE),
1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41;
Nehemiah 13:15 (compare also
צֶמֶד ח׳ 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar
נָּ֑רֶם ח׳ Genesis 49:14 (poem),
an ass of (strong)
bones. —
לֶחֶם ח׳ 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably
חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better
עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are:
לְחִי ח׳ Judges 15:15,
16 jawbone, Samson's weapon;
ראֹשׁ ח׳ 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine;
בְּשַׂר ה׳ Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)
6. קְבוּרַת ה׳ Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.
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