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חָמַר

cha.mar

to daub

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Strong’s H2560bVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

sealed it1

In the text

Exodus 2:3וַתַּחְמְרָה
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָמַר] vb. denom. cover or smear with asphalt, only Ex 2:3 (E)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.