10 ephahs (or baths, v. בַּת sub בתת ) Ez 45:11 (×3), 14 (×2) (in v 14 del. C o); on actual size of ח׳ , = 393.9 litres, v. Hultzsch Metrol. 2nd ed. 448, 452 f. . See further II. בַּת and reff., Benz Arch. 183 f. Now Arch. i, 203 f.
•
I
.
חֲמֹור
S
2543, 2544
TWOT
685a
GK
2789, 2790, 2791
n.
[
m.
]
heap
,
abs.
ח׳
with du.
חֲמֹרָתָ˜יִם
(Baer
חֲמֹרֹת׳
), as if from
חֲמֹרָה
;—
הַחֲמֹור חֲמֹור חמֹרָתָ˜יִם בִּלְחִי
Ju 15:16
with the ass’s jawbone, a heap, two heaps
,
i.e. so many slain.
חֲמֹרֹתָ˜יִם
v.
I
.
חֲמוֹר
.
• IV. [
חמר ] vb.be red ( Arabic حَمَرَ (ḥamara) II. dye red, حُمْرَةٌ (ḥumratun) redness, reddish brown (appar. skin-colour ) so Thes MV Ba NB 192 al. ) —only Pe˓al˓al Pf. pass. פָּנַי חֳמַרְמְרֻ˜ה Jb 16:16 my face is reddened from weeping.— La 1:20 ; 2:11 v. I. חמר .
• II . חֲמֹור S 2543, 2544 TWOT 685a GK 2789, 2790, 2791 n.m. Gn 45:23 (he)-ass ( NH id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמֹורָה ); Aramaic חֲמָרָא , ܚܡܳܪܳܐ
( ḥmoro ); Arabic حِمَارٌ ( ḥimārun ), Palm. חמרא Reckendorf ZMG 1888, 404 ; Assyrian imêru , Schr COT Gloss. ;—name from reddish colour ) — abs. חֲמֹור Gn 22:5 + 43 times; חֲמֹר Ex 13:13 Dt 22:1 0; cstr. חֲמֹור Ex 23:5 + 4 times; חֲמֹר Gn 49:14 ; sf. חֲמֹרְךָ Dt 5:1 4; 28:31 ; חֲמֹרֶ˜ךָ Ex 23:1 2; חֲמֹרֹו Gn 22:3 + 8 times; pl. חֲמֹורִים Ju 19:10 + 9 times; חֲמֹרִים Gn 12:16 + 16 times; sf. חֲמֹורֵינוּ Ju 19:1 9; חֲמֹרֵינוּ Gn 43:1 8; חֲמֹורֵיכֶם 1 S 8:1 6; חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Gn 34:28 + 4 times; חֲמֹורֵיהֶם Jos 9: 4;— ass ( he-ass; אתון = she-ass ) found in all periods ( coll. only Gn 32:6 Is 21: 7);— 1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Gn 12:16 ; 24:35 ; 30:43 ; 47:17 Ex 9:3 (all J ) Ex 20:17 ( E ), 21:23 ; 22:3 , 8 , 9 ; 23:4 , 5 , 12 Nu 16:15 Jos 6:2 1; 7:24 (all JE); note also Ex 13:13 = 34:20 (JE; firstlings belongs to י׳ ); Gn 36:24 Nu 31:2 8, 30 , 34 , 39 , 45 (all P ); Dt 5:14 , 18 ; 22:3 , 4 ; 28:31 Ju 6:4 1 S 8:1 6; 12:3 ; 15:3 ; 22:19 ; 27:9 1 Ch 5:21 Ezr 2:67 = Ne 7:68 (Baer), Zc 14:15 ; coll. Gn 32:5 ( J ; || שֹׁור , צֹאן , עֶבֶד , שִׁפְחָה ), but pl. (similar || ) Gn 34:28 ( P ), 47:17 ( J ); cf.
Benz J. Benzinger, Hebräische Archaeologie . Ba J. Barth, Nominalbildung .
Reckendorf S. Reckendorf.