חמר

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־מ־ר (kh-m-r)
6 terms

Cognate with Arabic خَمْر (ḵamr).

Pronunciation

Noun

חֶמֶר • (chémer) m (singular construct חֲמַר־)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic) wine
Synonyms
Derived terms

Noun

חֵמָר • (khemár) m

  1. bitumen
    • Tanach, Genesis 11:3, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר
      vehakhemár hayá lahém lakhómer.
      And slime had they for morter.
    • Tanach, Genesis 14:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר
      ve'émek hasidím be'erót be'erót khemár.
      And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits.
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:3, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַתִּקַּח־לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר
      vatikákh ló tevá góme vatachmerá vakhemár.
      She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime.

Noun

חֹמֶר • (chómer) m (plural indefinite חֳמָרִים, singular construct חֹמֶר־, plural construct חָמְרֵי־)

  1. defective spelling of חומר

Etymology 2

Noun

חַמָּר • (chamár) m (plural indefinite חַמָּרִים)

  1. Someone who leads a donkey or donkeys.

Noun

חֲמֹר • (chamór) m

  1. defective spelling of חֲמוֹר

Verb

חִמֵּר • (chimér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חימר

References

  • “חמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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