2543. chamor
Lexical Summary
chamor: a male ass
Original Word: חֲמוֹר
Transliteration: chamor
Phonetic Spelling: (kham-ore')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a male ass
Meaning: a male ass
Strong's Concordance
he-ass

Or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}; from chamar; a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass.

see HEBREW chamar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2543. chamor

I. חֲמוֺרnoun [masculine] heap, absolute ׳ח‎ with dual חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם‎ (Baer ׳חְִמֹרֹת‎), as if from חֲמֹרָה‎; — חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם חֲמוֺר הַחֲמוֺר בִּלְחִיJudges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.

חֲמֹרֹתָ֑יִם‎ see I. חֲמוֺר‎. above

II. חֲמוֺרnoun masculineGenesis 45:23 (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה‎); Aramaic הֲמָרָא‎ Arabic , Palmyrene חמרא‎ ReckendZMG 1888, 404; as imêru, SchrCot Gloss; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר22:5 43t.; חֲמֹרExodus 13:13; Deuteronomy 22:10; construct חֲמוֺרExodus 23:5 4t.; הֲמֹרGenesis 49:14; suffix חֲמֹרְךָDeuteronomy 5:14; 28:31; חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָExodus 23:12; חֲמֹרוֺGenesis 22:3 8t.; plural חֲמוֺרִיםJudges 19:10 9t.; חֲמֹרִיםGenesis 12:16 16t.; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּJudges 19:19; חֲמֹרֵינוּGenesis 43:18; חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם1 Samuel 8:16; חֲמֹרֵיהֶםGenesis 34:28 4t.; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶםJoshua 9:4; — ass (he-ass; אתון‎ = she-ass) found in all periods (collective only Genesis 32:6; Isaiah 21:7); —

1 as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; 24:35; Genesis 30:48; 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) 20:17 (E), 21:33; 22:8 (twice in verse); 22:9; 23:4-5, 12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13 = 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to ׳י‎); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28, 30, 34, 39, 45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14, 18; 22:3-4, Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 12:3; 15:3; 22:19; 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 (J; "" שׁוֺר‎), שִׁפְחָה עֶבֶד, צאֹן,‎, but plural (similar "") 34:28 (P), 47:17 (J); compare also ׳ח יְתוֺמִיםJob 24:3 the orphans' ass ("" אַלְמָנָה שׁוֺר‎); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 ("" שׁוֺר‎); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7, 10 (both "" סוּסִים‎); as harnessed לַה ׳מֶתֶגProverbs 26:3 ("" סוּס‎).

2 used for riding :

a. by women Exodus 4:20 (J), Joshua 15:18 (JE) = Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 25:20, 23, 42, compare 2 Chronicles 28:15.

b. by men 2 Samuel 16:2; 17:23; 19:27; 1 Kings 2:40; 13:13 (twice in verse); 13:23-24, 27, 28 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:7; Zechariah 9:9.

c. חמורים צֶמֶדa pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3, 10, 19, 21; carrying dead body 19:28, compare ׳ח1 Kings 13:29.

3 beast of burden Genesis 22:3, 5 (compare 22:6), 42:26-27, 45:23 (all E) 43:18, 24; 44:3, 13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15(compare also ח ׳צֶמֶד2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar ׳ח נָּ֑רֶםGenesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones.׳ח לֶחֶם1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁהfive, or better עֲשָׂרָהten, see We Dr.

4 used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר‎) Deuteronomy 22:10.

5 parts of body of ass mentioned are: ח ׳לְחִיJudges 15:15-16, jawbone, Samson's weapon; ח ׳ראֹשׁ2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; ה ׳בְּשַׂרEzekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)

6 ה ׳קְבוּרַתJeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.








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