Lexicon chemah: curd Original Word: חֶמְאָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: chemah Phonetic Spelling: (khem-aw') Short Definition: curds NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitioncurd NASB Translationbutter (2), curds (8).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חֶמְאָה noun feminine curd; — ׳ח Genesis 18:8 6t.; = חֵמָה Job 29:6; construct חֶמְאַת Deuteronomy 32:14; curd, curdled milk, modern labben ׳מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא ח Proverbs 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Genesis 18:8(J) Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem; חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צאֹן), Judges 5:25 (where served בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים, see ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15,22 (twice in verse); compare ׳נַחֲלֵי דבשׁ וח figurative of abundance Job 20:17; בִּרְחֹץ חֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָ֑ה Job 29:6 ("" מַּלְגֵישָֽֿׁמֶן ׃ צוּר יָצוּק). **On mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, see Doughty Arab. Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc. Thomson Land and Book ii. 418 See also ARSK Ency. Bib. MILK. Strong's butter Or (shortened) chemah {khay-maw'}; from the same root as chowmah; curdled milk or cheese -- butter. see HEBREW chowmah |
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