חָמַר
cha.mar
“to aggitate”
Definition
properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); to smear with pitch
a primitive root; also as denominative (from H2564 (חֵמָר))
- to boil, foam, foam up, ferment 1a) (Qal) to boil, foam up 1b) (Poalal) to be troubled, be in turmoil
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָמַר appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
My face is red with weeping,and deep shadows ring my eyes;
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.
My eyes fail from weeping;I am churning within.My heart is poured out in griefover the destruction of the daughter of my people,because children and infants faintin the streets of the city.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.