Word Study · Strong's H2496 · Hebrew
חַלָּמִישׁ
challamish
klal-law-meesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: challâmîysh
“flint”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
flint
Rendered in the KJV as
flint(-y), rock.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בַּֽ֭חַלָּמִישׁ1
- הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃1
- חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ1
- כַּֽחַלָּמִ֔ישׁ1
- מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ1
How it is rendered · 5
- flint1
- from flint of1
- like the flint1
- on the flint1
- the flint1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 8:15הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃hachalamishthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.here: the flint
- Deuteronomy 32:13מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁmechalmishpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,here: from flint of