חֹמֶר

In the text

• Genesis 11:3לַחֹמֶר

  And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

• Exodus 1:14בְּחֹמֶר

  and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

• Job 4:19חֹמֶר

  how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

• Isaiah 45:9חֹמֶר

  Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

• Jeremiah 18:4בַּחֹמֶר

  But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

• Nahum 3:14בַחֹמֶר

  Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

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