also
ח׳ יְתֹומִים
24:3
the orphans’ ass
(
||
שֹׁור אַלְמָנָה
); as knowing its master’s crib
Is 1:3
(
||
שֹׁור
); found in camp
2 K 7:7
,
10
(both
||
סוּסִים
); as harnessed
מֶתֶג לַח׳
Pr 26:3
(
||
סוּם
).
2.
used for riding:
a.
by women
Ex 4:20
(
J
),
Jos 15:18
(JE)
=
Ju 1:14 1 S 25:2
0,
23
,
42
,
cf.
2 Ch 28:1
5.
b.
by men
2 S 16:2
;
17:23
;
19:27 1 K 2:4
0;
13:13
(×2),
23
,
24
,
27
,
28
(×2) Is 21:7 Zc 9:
9.
c.
צֶמֶד חמורים
a pair of asses
2 S 16:1
(for burdens and for riding); for man and woman
Ju 19:3
,
10
,
19
,
21
; carrying dead body
v
2
8,
cf.
ח׳
1 K 13:2
9.
3.
beast of burden
Gn 22:3
,
5
(
cf.
v
6),
42:26
,
27
;
45:23
(all
E
)
43:18
,
24
;
44:3
,
13
(all
J
),
Jos 9:4
(JE),
1 S 25:18 1 Ch 12:41 Ne 13:15
(
cf.
also
צֶמֶד ח׳
2 S 16:1
supr
.);
metaph.
of Issachar
ח׳ נָּ˜רֶם
Gn 49:14
(poem),
an ass of
(strong)
bones
.—
ח׳ לֶחֶם
1 S 16:20
read prob.
חֲמִשָּׁה
five
, or better
עֲשָׂרָה
ten
,
v. We D
r.
4.
used in tillage
Is 32:20
; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (
שֹׁור
)
Dt 22:10
.
5.
parts of body of ass mentioned are:
לְחִי ח׳
Ju 15:1
5,
16
jawbone, Samson’s weapon;
רֹאשׁ ח׳
2 K 6:25
eaten in famine;
בְּשַׂר ח׳
Ez 23:20
genital organ of ass (contempt.
sim.
)
6.
קְבוּרַת ח׳
Je 22:19
burial of an ass
, in
fig.
of ignominious treatment of a corpse. Also
she-ass
2 S 19:27
(
cf.
Mishn.
AZ.
VI
).
•
III
.
חֲמֹור
S
2543, 2544
TWOT
685a
GK
2789, 2790, 2791
n.pr.m.
father of Shechem
(
he- ass;
v. RS
K 220; Sem i. 449)
—
Gn 33:19
;
34:2
,
4
,
6
,
8
,
13
,
18
(×2),
20
,
24
,
26 Jos 24:32 Ju 9:28
.
•
חַמְרָן
S
2566
GK
2820
n.pr.m.
1 Ch 1:41
(
=
חֶמְדָּן
Gn 36:26
q.v
.)
• יַחְמוּר S 3180 TWOT 685b GK 3502 n. [ m. ] roebuck ( Sam. יחמור , Syriac ܝܰܚܡܽܘܪܳܐ ( yaḥmuro ), å יַחְמוּרָא v. Hom NS 392 (and 333) , Lag BN 127; name from reddish colour? ) —as edible Dt 14:5 1 K 5: 3;—on identif. with roebuck, v. Tristr Proc. Zool. Soc. London, May 2, 1876 Conder Tent Work, 1887, p. 91 .
חמשׁ
TWOT
687, 688
(
√ of foll.; meaning unknown
)
.
Mishn. Mishna. Sam. Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel). Hom F. Hommel, Namen der Säugethiere . Tristr H. B. Tritram.
I.