1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2560 Same Word by TWOT Number: 683b
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֵמָרnoun [masculine]bitumen, asphalt (from I. חמר according to OBlauZMG 1869, 279, bitumen asseething, swelling up; Thes MV, from IV. חמר, with reference to reddish-brown colour) — חֵמָרGenesis 11:3 2t.; used for cement in building Babel Genesis 11:3 (J); abounding in vale of Siddim ׳בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חGenesis 14:10; used in coating Moses' 'ark' of bulrushes Exodus 2:3 (E; "" זָ֑פֶת).
Genesis 11:3 HEB:הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם NAS: and they used tar for mortar. KJV: for stone, and slime had INT: brick stone tar used mortar
Genesis 14:10 HEB:בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־ NAS: of Siddim was full of tar pits; INT: pits pits of tar fled and the kings
Exodus 2:3 HEB:גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם NAS: and covered it over with tar and pitch. KJV: and daubed it with slime and with pitch, INT: A wicker and covered tar and pitch put
