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Lexicon :: Strong's H2560 - ḥāmar

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חָמַר
Transliteration
ḥāmar
Pronunciation
khaw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TWOT- 683,683d,685

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַר châmar, khaw-mar'; a primitive root; also as denominative (from H2564) properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); to smear with pitch:—daub, befoul, be red, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2560 in the following manner: troubled (3x), red (1x), daub (1x), foul (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2560 in the following manner: troubled (3x), red (1x), daub (1x), foul (1x).

  1. to boil, foam, foam up, ferment

    1. (Qal) to boil, foam up

    2. (Poalal) to be troubled, be in turmoil

  2. (Poalal) to be reddened

  3. (Qal) to daub, seal up, cover or smear with asphalt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַר châmar, khaw-mar'; a primitive root; also as denominative (from H2564) properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); to smear with pitch:—daub, befoul, be red, trouble.
STRONGS H2560: Abbreviations
† I. חָמַר verb ferment, boil or foam up (Arabic خَمَرَ ferment, leaven, خُمْرَةً, خَمِيرَةً noun leaven; see LagBN 207); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְיַיִן ח׳ Psalm 75:9 and wine which foams, (others from IV. חמר be red); 3rd person plural חָֽמְרוּ is suggested by We as possible Habakkuk 3:15 (for MT חֹמֶר which see) the great waters foamed; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יֶחֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו Psalm 46:4 let its water roar and foam.
Pe`al`al Perfect passive 3rd person plural מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָ֑רוּ Lamentations 1:20 my bowels are in a ferment (|| לִבִּי נֶהְפַּךְ), of distress at calamities of Jerusalem; so חֳמַרְמְרוּ מֵעַי Lamentations 2:11. — Job 16:16 see IV. חמר.

† II. [חָמַר] verb denominative cover or smear with asphalt, only Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּחְמְרָה Exodus 2:3 (E); on form of suffix see Ges§ 58, 3, R, 1.

† IV. [חמר] verb be red (Arabic حَمَرَ II. dye red, حُمْرَةً redness, reddish brown (apparently skin-colour) so Thes MV BaNB 192 and others) — only Pe`al`al Perfect passive חֳמַרְמְרֻ֯ה פָּנַי Job 16:16 my face is reddened from weeping. — Lamentations 1:20; Lamentations 2:11 see I. חמר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:3

Job

16:16; 16:16

Psalms

46:4; 75:9

Lamentations

1:20; 1:20; 2:11; 2:11

Habakkuk

3:15

H2560

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Strong's Number H2560 matches the Hebrew חָמַר (ḥāmar),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed H2560 it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - My face is foul H2560 with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:3 - Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, H2560 though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; H2560 it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; H2560 mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, H2560 my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
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