חָמַר
châmar · H2560 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to foam
Process by which liquids form small bubbles, due to agitation or fermentation
ExamplesPsalm 46:3 Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah
Psalm 75:8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Certainly all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink its dregs.
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to be agitated, to be in turmoil, to be disturbed
State in which parts of one's body function in an abnormal way as if agitated or fermenting; associated with deep sorrow
ExamplesLamentations 1:20 “See, LORD, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword has made women childless; In the house it is like death.
Lamentations 2:11 My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants languish In the streets of the city.
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to cover, to coat
Causative action by which humans cover objects with a layer of bitumen or tar
ExamplesExodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
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to be red
State in which parts of one's body have a somewhat reddish color
ExamplesJob 16:16 “My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- מֵעֶהbowels 2
- יַיִןwine 1
- מַיִםwater 1
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom+ בְּכִיweeping 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Shape002001001052
- This code is inherited from the shared root cluster's broader classification rather than from an independent sense clearly attested among this entry's own occurrences, which describe daubing, reddening, and foaming.
- Unsteady002001001067
- The word can denote a turbulent, foaming motion, as in Psalm 46:4's and 75:9's description of waters or a cup foaming.
- Cover002003001005
- The word denotes covering something with tar or pitch, as in Exodus 2:3's account of Moses' basket being covered with tar and pitch.
- Color002001001014
- The word denotes becoming red or flushed, as in Job 16:16's description of a face reddened from weeping.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2560. chamar I. חָמַר verb ferment, boil or foam up (Arabic ferment, leaven, , noun…
I. חָמַר verb ferment, boil or foam up (Arabic ferment, leaven, , noun leaven; see LagBN 207); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ח ׳וְיַיִן Psa 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 חֹמֶר ᵑ0 q. v.) the great waters foamed; Imperfect3masculine plural מֵימָיו יֶחְמְרוּ יֶחֱמוּ Psa 46:4 let its water roar and foam.
Pe`al`al Perfect passive3plural חֳמַרְמָ֑רוּ מֵעַי Lam 1:20 my bowels are in a ferment (|| לִבִּי נֶהְמַּךְ), of distressat calamities of Jerusalem; so מֵעַי חֳמַרְמְרוּ Lam 2:11. — Job 16:16 see IV. חמר.
II. [חָמַר] verb denominative cover or smear with asphalt, only
Qal Imperfect3feminine singular suffix וַתַּחְמְרָה Exo 2:3 (E); on form of suffix see Ges§ 58, 3, R, 1.
III. חמר (√ of following; Late Hebrew חָמַר, heap up; Aramaic חַמֵּר make a ruin-heap; Arabic great mass of stone, heap of stones).
IV. [חמר] verb be red (Arabic II. dye red, redness, reddish brown (apparently skin-colour) so Thes MV BaNB 192 and others) — only
Pe`al`al Perfect passive חֳמַרְמְרֻ֯ה מָּנַי Job 16:16 my face is reddened from weeping. — Lam 1:20; Lam 2:11 see I. חמר.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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