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cement in building Babel Gn 11:3 ( J ); abounding in vale of Siddim בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת ח׳ Gn 14:1 0; used in coating Moses’ ‘ark’ of bulrushes Ex 2:3 ( E ; || זָפֶ˜ת ).

I . חֹ˜מֶר S 2563 TWOT 683c, 684a, 684b GK 2816, 2817, 2818 n.m. cement, mortar, clay ;— ח׳ abs. Gn 11:3 + 13 times; cstr. Is 10:6 + 2 times;— 1. mortar, cement for holding building-stones (brick) together Gn 11:3 ( J ), Ex 1:14 ( P ; both || לְבֵנִים ); Na 3:14 ( || טיט ). 2. clay: a. as material of vessels Je 18:4 , 6 , ח׳ היצר Is 29:16 , in sim. of God’s fashioning man Is 45:9 ; 64:7 Jb 10: 9; as material of human bodies בָּתֵּי ח׳ Jb 4:19 cf. 33: 6; as material of bulwarks (disparagingly) Jb 13:12 ; ח׳ חותם = seal-clay i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed. b. = mire ח׳ חוצות Is 10: 6; הֹרַנִי לַח׳ Jb 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire , i.e. deeply humiliated me ( עָפָר and אֵפֶר in || cl.); as sim. of commonness, abundance Jb 27:16 ( || עָפָר ); Is. 41:25 .

II . [ חָמַר S 2560 TWOT 683, 683d, 684, 685 GK 2812, 2813, 2814 ] vb. denom. cover or smear with asphalt, only Qal Impf. 3 fs. sf. וַתַּחְמְרָה Ex 2:3 ( E ); on form of sf. v. Ges § 58, 3, R. 1 .

חמר ( of foll.; NH חָמַר heap up; Aramaic חַמֵּר make a ruin- heap; Arabic حِمَارَةٌ ( ḥimāratun ) great mass of stone, heap of stones ) .

II . חֹ˜מֶר S 2563 TWOT 683c, 684a, 684b GK 2816, 2817, 2818 n. [ m. ] heap ( cf. I . חֲמוֹר )— ח׳ cstr. ח׳ מַיִם רַבִּים Hb 3:15 a heap of great waters ( || יָם )— but text dub. , v. I. חמר ; pl. חֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Ex 8:10 ( J ), of dead frogs gathered in heaps .

III . חֹ˜מֶר S 2563 TWOT 683c, 684a, 684b GK 2816, 2817, 2818 n.m. homer , a dry measure ( perhaps from above , but dub. ; cf. Assyrian amâru , surround, contain ,

II . R 36:19 a. b Strm 4760, imêru , a measure Zim BP 6 n) ח׳ abs. Is 5:10 + 5 times Ez; cstr. Ho 3:2 + 3 times; pl. הֳמָרִים Nu 11:3 2;— ח׳ of barley Ho 3:2 Ez 45:13 , cf. זֶרַע ח׳ שְׂעֹרִים Lv 27:16 i.e. land on which a ח׳ of barley seed was sown (taxed at 50 shekels); ח׳ of wheat Ez 45:13 ; in gen. זֶרַע ח׳ Is 5:1 0; =

Strm J. Strassmaier.

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