Lexical Summary chemar: bitumen, asphalt Original Word: חֵמָרTransliteration: chemar Phonetic Spelling: (khay-mawr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: bitumen, asphalt Meaning: bitumen, asphalt Strong's Concordance slimepit From chamar; bitumen (as rising to the surface) -- slime(-pit). see HEBREW chamar Brown-Driver-Briggs H2564. chemar 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 2t.; used for cement in building Babel 11:3 (J); abounding in vale of Siddim ח בֶּאֱרֹת ׳בֶּאֱרֹת 14:10; used in coating Moses' 'ark' of bulrushes Exodus 2:3 (E; "" זָ֑פֶת). |
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