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H2560 חָמַר (châmar) khaw-mar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); as denominative (from 2564) to smear with pitch

KJV Usage: daub, befoul, be red, trouble

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָמַר (cha.mar) — to aggitate. 1) to boil, foam, foam up, ferment 1a) (Qal) to boil, foam up 1b) (Poalal) to be troubled, be in turmoil

חָמַר (cha.mar) — to daub. (Qal) to daub, seal up, cover or smear with asphalt

חָמַר (cha.mar) — be red. (Poalal) to be reddened

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · חֶמֶר · חֹמֶר

Shape | verb qal | ≈ המה

to foam = process by which liquids form small bubbles, ◄ due to agitation or fermentation

PSA 46:4 · PSA 75:9

Unsteady | verb pu'al | ≈ הפך · צרר

to be agitated, to be in turmoil, to be disturbed = state in which parts of one's body function in an abnormal way ◄ as if agitated or fermenting; ≈ associated with deep sorrow

LAM 1:20 · LAM 2:11

verb · חֵמָר

Cover | verb qal

to cover, to coat = causative action by which humans cover objects with a layer of bitumen or tar

EXO 2:3

verb

Color | verb pu'al

to be red = state in which parts of one's body have a somewhat reddish color

JOB 16:16

1 JOB 16:16 · JOB 16:16 MT-K חֳמַרְמְרָה pf. 3 f. | MT-Q חֳמַרְמָרוּ pf. 3 pl.

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָמַר vb. ferment, boil or foam up Qal and wine which foams; the great waters foamed; let its waters roar and foam.

Pe‛al‛al my bowels are in a ferment

base

[חָמַר] vb. denom. cover or smear with asphalt, only Ex 2:3 (E) ref

[חמר] vb. be red base

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