Strong's Lexicon

H2529

H2529 — חֶמאָה חֵמָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchem'ahnoun femOccurrences: 10TWOT: 672a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2529
Word:	חֶמאָה חֵמָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from the same root as H2346
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	chem'ah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khem-aw' (or (shortened) chemah {khay-maw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. curdled milk or cheese
KJV Renderings:	butter.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2836

חֶמְאָה noun feminine curd; — ׳ ח Gen 18:8 + 6 t.; = חֵמָה Job 29:6 construct חֶמְאַת Deut 32:14 curd, curdled milk, modern labben ׳ מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא ח Prov 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Gen 18:8( J ) Deut 32:14 (poem; חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צאֹן), Judg 5:25 (where served בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים, see ספל ); with דְּבַשׁ 2Sam 17:29; Isa 7:15; Isa 7:22 (twice in verse); compare ׳ נַחֲלֵי דבשׁ וח figurative of abundance Job 20:17 בִּרְחֹץ חֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָ֑ה Job 29:6 (|| פַּלְגֵישָֽֿׁמֶן ׃ צוּר יָצוּק).

On mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, see Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc.} Thomson^{Land and Book ii. 418} See also ARSK^{Ency. Bib. MILK}.

BDB2852

חֵמָה wrath, see below יחם; חֵמָה Job 29:6, see חֶמְאָה ; חַמָּה, חַמָּן, חַמּוֺן, חַמַּת see below חמם. below

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חמאה (g’heh-)

Genesis 18:8

KJV: And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

EHCC: he took buéter, and milk,

Deuteronomy 32:14

KJV: Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

EHCC: Butter of kine, and milk of sheep,

Judges 5:25

KJV: He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

EHCC: she brought forth butter |

Proverbs 30:33

KJV: Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

EHCC: churning of milk bringeth forth butter,

Isaiah 7:15

KJV: Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

EHCC: Butter and honey shall he eat,