חֲמוֹר
cha.mor
“donkey”
Definition
a male ass (from its dun red)
or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from H2560 (חָמַר);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
חֲמוֹר appears 86 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,
And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
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