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
;
||
זָפֶת
).
I
.
חֹמֶר
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 Gods 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
.
חֹמֶר
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 . חֹמֶר 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.
III.