Genesis 14:10:5Gen.14.10.W5TAB
חֵמָ֔ר
khemar
“bitumen”
- Transliteration
- khe-MAR
- Extended
- kheh-MAAR
- IPA
- /ħeː.ˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- bitumen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khe-MAR
- clause
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma
- sentence
ve-E-mek ha-si-DIM be-e-ROT be-e-ROT khe-MAR va-ya-NU-su me-lekh-se-DOM va-a-mo-RA va-yip-lu-SHA-ma ve-ha-nish-a-REEM HE-ra na-SU
Exegesis
The phrase beerot beerot chemar {בּֽ͏ֶאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר | bə-ʾĕ-rōṯ bə-ʾĕ-rōṯ ḥē-mār} ‘pits, pits of bitumen’ uses repetition for intensification, portraying hazardous terrain. A nominal clause lacking a verb in Hebrew is rendered with “had” or “was filled with” in English to convey the descriptive sense.
Root and etymology
ח־מ־ר
“to be sticky, smear”
In context — Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim had many pits of bitumen; when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell in there, and the rest fled to the hill country.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:10, so the Hebrew word חֵמָ֔ר (khemar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.14.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.10.W5.S1) and character.