חֹמֶר
Used: 20 times · Key: lemma:חֹמֶר · BDB: חֹ֫מֶר
Glosses
clay (9); mortar (3); mud (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
cement tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. cement, mortar, clay tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. cement, mortar, clay;—ח׳ abs. Gn 11:3 + 13 times; cstr. Is 10:6 + 2 times;— mortar, cement for holding building-stones (brick) together Gn 11:3 (J), Ex 1:14 (P; both ‖ לְבֵנִים); Na 3:14 (‖ טיט). clay: as material of vessels Je 18:4, 6, ח׳ היצר Is 29:16, in sim. of God’s fashioning man Is 45:9; 64:7; Jb 10:9; as material of human bodies בָּתֵּי ח׳ Jb 4:19 cf. 33:6; as material of bulwarks (disparagingly) Jb 13:12; ח׳ חותם = seal-clay i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed. = mire ח׳ חוצות Is 10:6; הֹרַנִי לַח׳ Jb 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (עָפָר and אֵפֶר in ‖ cl.); as sim. of commonness, abundance Jb 27:16 (‖ עָפָר); Is. 41:25.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֹמֶר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃
Word for word: it.is.changed like.[the] clay of.a.seal and they.stand.forth like clothing
JPS 1917: It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.
זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃
Word for word: memorials your [are].proverbs of.ash[es] [are].(to) defenses of.clay defenses your
JPS 1917: Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.
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