Word Study · Strong's H2564 · Hebrew
חֵמָר
chemar
khay-mawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chêmâr
“bitumen (as rising to the surface)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
bitumen (as rising to the surface)
Rendered in the KJV as
slime(-pit).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בַחֵמָ֖ר1
- וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר1
- חֵמָ֔ר1
How it is rendered · 3
- and the bitumen1
- bitumen1
- with the bitumen1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 11:3וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔רvehachemarconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.here: and the bitumen
- Genesis 14:10חֵמָ֔רchemarnoun · masculine singularNow the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.here: bitumen