Word Study · Strong's H2529 · Hebrew

חֶמְאָה

chemah

khem-aw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chemʼâh

“curdled milk or cheese”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

curdled milk or cheese

Rendered in the KJV as

butter.

10
occurrencesin the Old Testament
7 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
10
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 10 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 10

בְּחֵמָ֑ה1
וְחֶמְאָ֗ה1
וְחֶמְאָֽה׃1
חֶמְאָ֜ה1
חֶמְאָ֗ה1
חֶמְאָ֥ה1
חֶמְאָ֑ה1
חֶמְאָ֤ה1
חֶמְאָֽה׃1
חֶמְאַ֨ת1

How it is rendered · 5

curds5
and curds2
butter1
curds of1
in curds1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · feminine singular6
conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 6
HC/Ncfsa · 2
HNcfsc · 1
HR/Ncfsa · 1

All 10, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah3 of 10 · 30%
Job2 of 10 · 20%
Genesis1 of 10 · 10%
Deuteronomy1 of 10 · 10%
Judges1 of 10 · 10%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 18:8חֶמְאָ֜הchemahnoun · feminine singularThen Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.here: curds

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 32:14חֶמְאַ֨תchematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.here: curds of

Judges1 occurrence

Judges 5:25חֶמְאָֽה׃chemahnoun · feminine singularHe asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.here: curds

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 17:29וְחֶמְאָ֗הvechemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularhoney, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”here: and curds

Job2 occurrences

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 30:33חֶמְאָ֗הchemahnoun · feminine singularFor as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”here: butter

Isaiah3 occurrences

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