Lexicon chemar: bitumen, asphalt Original Word: חֵמָרPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chemar Phonetic Spelling: (khay-mawr') Short Definition: tar NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom chamarDefinitionbitumen, asphalt NASB Translationtar (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חֵמָר noun [masculine] bitumen, asphalt (from I. חמר according to OBlau ZMG 1869, 279, bitumen as seething, swelling up; Thes MV, from IV. חמר, with reference to reddish-brown colour) — חֵמָר Genesis 11:3 2t.; 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). Strong's slimepit From chamar; bitumen (as rising to the surface) -- slime(-pit). see HEBREW chamar |
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