HebrewH2529Noun (Feminine)

חֶמְאָה

chem.ah

9Occurrences
H2529Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

curdled milk or cheese

or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
curd, butter

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

חֶמְאָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
Job
2
2 Samuel
1
Deuteronomy
1
Genesis
1
Judges
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 17:29BSB

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Deuteronomy 32:14BSB

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock,with the fat of lambs,with rams from Bashan, and goats,with the choicest grains of wheat.From the juice of the finest grapesyou drank the wine.

Genesis 18:8BSB

Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Isaiah 7:15BSB

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Isaiah 7:22BSB

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.