† I. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine cement, mortar, clay; —
ח׳ absolute
Genesis 11:3 +
13 times; construct
Isaiah 10:6 +
2 times; —
2. clay:
b.=
mire חוצות ח׳ Isaiah 10:6;
הֹרָנִי לַח׳ Job 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (
עָפָר and
אֵפֶר in || clause); as simile of commonness, abundance
Job 27:16 (||
עָפָר).
II. חֹ֫מֶר noun [
masculine]
heap (compare 1.
חֲמוֺר) —
ח׳ construct
מַיִם רַבִּים ח׳ Habakkuk 3:15 a heap of great waters (||
יָם) — but text dubious, see I.
חמר; plural
הֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Exodus 8:10 (J), of dead frogs gathered in
heaps.
III. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above √, but dubious; compare Assyrian
amâru,
surround,
contain, II. R 36
19 a. b Strm
4760,
Imêru,
a measure Zim
BP 6 n) —
ח׳ absolute
Isaiah 5:10 +
5 times Ezekiel; construct
Hosea 3:2 +
3 times; plural
חֳמָרִים Numbers 11:32; —
ח׳ of barley
Hosea 3:2;
Ezekiel 45:13, compare
שְׂעֹרִים זֶרַע ח׳ Leviticus 27:16 i.e. land on which a
ח׳ of barley seed was sown (taxed at 50 shekels);
ח׳ of wheat
Ezekiel 45:13; in general
זֶרַע ח׳ Isaiah 5:10;=10 ephahs (or baths, see
בַּת below
בתת)
Ezekiel 45:11 (
3 times in verse);
Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (in
Ezekiel 45:14 strike out Co); on actual size of
ח׳,=393.9 litres, see Hultsch
Metrol. 2nd ed. 448, 452f. See further II.
בַּת and references, Benz
Arch 183 f Now
Arch. i, 203 f.
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