חמר

Cognate with Arabic خَمْر (ḵamr).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχemeʁ/

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חֶמֶר • (chémer) m (singular construct חֲמַר־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic) wine

• יַיִן (yáyin)

• חֲמַר מְדִינָה
• חמרמורת / חֲמַרְמֹרֶת

חֵמָר • (khemár) m [pattern: קֵטָל]

1. bitumen
   • Tanach, Genesis 11:3, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר

     vehakhemár hayá lahém lakhómer.

     And slime had they for morter.

   • Tanach, Genesis 14:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר

     ve'émek hasidím be'erót be'erót khemár.

     And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits.

   • Tanach, Exodus 2:3, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַתִּקַּח־לוֹ תֵּבַת גֹּמֶא וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר

     vatikákh ló tevá góme vatachmerá vakhemár.

     She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime.

חֹמֶר • (chómer) m (plural indefinite חֳמָרִים, singular construct חֹמֶר־, plural construct חָמְרֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. defective spelling of חומר

חַמָּר • (chamár) m (plural indefinite חַמָּרִים) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. Someone who leads a donkey or donkeys.

חֲמֹר • (chamór) m

1. defective spelling of חֲמוֹר

חִמֵּר • (chimér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חימר

• “חמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language