חֶמְאָה
chem.ah
“curd”
Definition
curdled milk or cheese
or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֶמְאָה appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.”
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.
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.
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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.