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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a [fn]wicker [fn]basket and covered H2560 it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - “My face is flushed H2560 from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:3 - Though its waters roar and foam, H2560
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; H2560
It is [fn]well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, O LORD, for I am in distress;
My [fn]spirit is greatly H2560 troubled; H2560
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword [fn]slays;
In the house it is like death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes fail because of tears,
My [fn]spirit is greatly H2560 troubled; H2560
My [fn]heart is poured out on the earth
Because of the [fn]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.
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