Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #2560 - חָמַר chamar (to ferment)


Original Word:חָמַר
Transliteration: chamar
Definition:to ferment, boil or foam up
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-mar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

daub, befoul, be red, trouble

A primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); as denominative (from chemar) to smear with pitch -- daub, befoul, be red, trouble.

see HEBREW chemar


Englishman's Concordance

1) to boil, foam, foam up, ferment
1a) (Qal) to boil, foam up
1b) (Poalal) to be troubled, be in turmoil
2) (Poalal) to be reddened
3) (Qal) to daub, seal up, cover or smear with asphalt
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 683, 683d, 685

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חָמַרverbferment, boil or foam up (Arabic ferment, leaven, , noun leaven; see LagBN 207); —

QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳וְיַיִן חPsalm 75:9and wine which foams, (others from IV. חמרbe red); 3 plural חָֽמְרוּ is suggested by We as possible Habakkuk 3:15 (for ᵑ0חֹמֶר q. v.) the great waters foamed; Imperfect3masculine plural יֶחֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיוPsalm 46:4let its water roar and foam.

Pe`al`alPerfect passive3plural מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָ֑רוּLamentations 1:20my bowels are in a ferment ("" נֶהְמַּךְ לִבִּי), of distressat calamities of Jerusalem; so חֳמַרְמְרוּ מֵעַיLamentations 2:11. — Job 16:16 see IV. חמר.

II. [חָמַר] verb denominativecover or smear with asphalt, only

QalImperfect3feminine singular suffix וַתַּחְמְרָהExodus 2:3 (E); on form of suffix see Ges§ 58, 3, R, 1.

III. חמר (√ of following; Late Hebrew חָמַר, heap up; Aramaic חַמֵּרmake a ruin-heap; Arabic great mass of stone, heap of stones).

IV. [חמר] verbbe red (Arabic II. dye red, redness, reddish brown (apparently skin-colour) so Thes MV BaNB 192 and others) — only

Pe`al`alPerfect passive מָּנַי חֳמַרְמְרֻ֯הJob 16:16my face is reddened from weeping. — Lamentations 1:20; Lamentations 2:11 see I. חמר.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2560. חָמַר (chamar) — 6 Occurrences

Exodus 2:3
HEB:תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת
NAS: basket and covered it over with tar
KJV: of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime
INT: basket A wicker and covered tar and pitch

Job 16:16
HEB:[חֳמַרְמְרָה כ] (חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ ק) מִנִּי־
NAS: My face is flushed from weeping,
KJV: My face is foul with weeping,
INT: my face daub from weeping

Psalm 46:3
HEB: יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־
NAS: roar [and] foam, Though the mountains
KJV: thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains
INT: roar foam waters quake

Psalm 75:8
HEB:יְהוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר ׀ מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮
NAS: and the wine foams; It is well
KJV: and the wine is red; it is full
INT: of the LORD and the wine foams is well mixed

Lamentations 1:20
HEB:לִי֙ מֵעַ֣י חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּ נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ לִבִּי֙
NAS: My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart
KJV: my bowels are troubled; mine heart
INT: adversary my spirit is greatly is overturned my heart

Lamentations 2:11
HEB:בַדְּמָע֤וֹת עֵינַי֙ חֳמַרְמְר֣וּ מֵעַ֔י נִשְׁפַּ֤ךְ
NAS: My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart
KJV: my bowels are troubled, my liver
INT: of tears my eyes is greatly my spirit is poured

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