Lexical Summary chemah: curd Original Word: חֶמְאָהTransliteration: chemah Phonetic Spelling: (khem-aw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: curd Meaning: curdled milk, cheese Strong's Concordance butter Or (shortened) chemah {khay-maw'}; from the same root as chowmah; curdled milk or cheese -- butter. see HEBREW chowmah Brown-Driver-Briggs H2529. chemah חֶמְאָה noun feminine curd; — ׳ח Genesis 18:8 6t.; = חֵמָה Job 29:6; construct חֶמְאַת Deuteronomy 32:14; curd, curdled milk, modern labben ח יוֺצִיא חָלָב ׳מִיץ Proverbs 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Genesis 18:8(J) Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem; צאֹן וַחֲלֵב בָּקָר חֶמְאַת), Judges 5:25 (where served אַדִּירִים בְּסֵפֶל, see ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15, 22 (twice in verse); compare וח דבשׁ ׳נַחֲלֵי figurative of abundance Job 20:17; בְּחֵמָ֑ה חֲלִיכַי בִּרְחֹץ 29:6 ("" יָצוּק צוּר ׃ מַּלְגֵישָֽֿׁמֶן). **On mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, see DoughtyArab. Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc. ThomsonLand and Book ii. 418 See also ARSKEncy. Bib. MILK. |
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