Strong's Lexicon

H2560

H2560 — חָמַר

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

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Hebrewchamarverb-stemOccurrences: 7TWOT: 683

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2560
Word:חָמַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:7
Transliteration:chamar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-mar'
Meaning:1. (properly) to boil up 2. (hence) to ferment (with scum) 3. to glow (with redness) 4. as denominative (from H2564) to smear with pitch
KJV Renderings:daub, befoul, be red, trouble.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2885

I. חָמַר verb ferment, boil or foam up (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1814] ferment, leaven, [untranscribed source text 1815], [untranscribed source text 1816] noun leaven; see LagBN 207 ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ וְיַיִן ח Ps 75:9 and wine which foams, (others from IV. חמר be red); 3 plural חָֽמְרוּ is suggested by We as possible Hab 3:15 (for ᵑ0 חֹמֶר q. v.) the great waters foamed; Imperfect 3 masculine plural יֶחֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו Ps 46:4 let its water roar and foam.
Pe`al`al Perfect passive 3 plural מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָ֑רוּ Lam 1:20 my bowels are in a ferment (|| נֶהְפַּךְ לִבִּי), of distress at calamities of Jerusalem; so חֳמַרְמְרוּ מֵעַי Lam 2:11. — Job 16:16 see IV. חמר .

BDB2889

II. [חָמַר] verb denominative cover or smear with asphalt, only

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix וַתַּחְמְרָה Exod 2:3 ( E ); on form of suffix see Ges«GKC:58»§ 58, 3, R, 1.

BDB2894

IV. [חמר] verb be red (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1820] II. dye red, [untranscribed source text 1821] redness, reddish brown (apparently skin-colour) so Thes MV BaNB 192 and others) — only

Pe`al`al Perfect passive פָּנַי חֳמַרְמְרֻ֯ה Job 16:16 my face is reddened from weeping. — Lam 1:20; Lam 2:11 see I. חמר .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חמר (g’h)

Exodus 2:3

KJV: And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
EHCC: and daubed i¢ with slime

Psalms 46:3

KJV: Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
EHCC: (4). waters thereof roar (and) be troubled,

Job 16:16

KJV: My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
EHCC: My face is with weepin,

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