Hebrew verb · H2560
חָמַר
chamarkhaw-mar'
to aggitate; to daub; be red
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châmar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2560is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2560
properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); to smear with pitch
The King James renders it: daub, befoul, be red, trouble.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chamar is rendered "to aggitate; to daub; be red". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to aggitate".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Exodus 2:3וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to aggitate, and to daub, and be red.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to aggitateStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and… |
| to daubStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| be redStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they are in turmoil2
- and sealed it she1
- it is foaming1
- they are reddened1
- they will foam1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה1
- חָמַ֨ר׀1
- חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ1
- חֳמַרְמְר֣וּ1
- חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּ1
- יֶחְמְר֣וּ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVpp3cp
- Hc/Vqw3fs/Sp3fs1Hc/Vqw3fs/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
Exodus
one use
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- וַתַּחְמְרָ֥הvatachmerahHc/Vqw3fs/Sp3fstagged: and sealed it she
Job
one use
My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
- חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּchomarmerahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are reddened
Psalms
two uses
though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- יֶחְמְר֣וּyechmeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will foam
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- חָמַ֨ר׀chamarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is foaming
Lamentations
two uses
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
- חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּchomarmaruverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are in turmoil
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- חֳמַרְמְר֣וּchomarmeruverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are in turmoil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.