Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6352 - פֶחָם pecham (coal)

Original Word:	פֶחָם
Transliteration:	pecham
Definition:	coal
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(peh-khawm')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

coals

Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black; a coal, whether charred or live -- coals.

Englishman's Concordance

1) coal, charcoal, ember
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1760a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֶּחָםnoun [masculine]coal (collective); absolute ׳פ, as inflammable, לְגֶחָלִים׳פProverbs 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Isaiah 44:12, ׳אֵשׁ פIsaiah 54:16; Psalm 11:6 for ᵑ0מַּחִ֑ים אֵשׁ read מַּחַם אֵשׁ (or מַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire ("" גָּפְרִית), so Ew and others

פחת (√ of following; compare Arabic cut off, VII. be perforated (of roof); Syriac Pa`el pierce, break through, pit, chasm; Late Hebrew מָּחַתdig, hollow out, also diminish).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6352. פֶּחָם (pecham) — 3 Occurrences

Proverbs 26:21
HEB: פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים
NAS:[Like] charcoal to hot embers and wood
KJV:[As] coals [are] to burning coals,
INT:charcoal to hot and wood

Isaiah 44:12
HEB:מַֽעֲצָ֔ד וּפָעַל֙ בַּפֶּחָ֔ם וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ
NAS: his work over the coals, fashioning
KJV: both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth
INT: A cutting and does the coals hammers fashioning

Isaiah 54:16
HEB:נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י
NAS: the fire of coals And brings
KJV: that bloweth the coals in the fire,
INT: blows the fire of coals and brings A weapon

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