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title: חֶמְאָה — curd · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶמְאָה (2529), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: curd. BDB 1906: n.f. curd. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶמְאָה

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«חֶמְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curd** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 2529 · **BDB:** חֶמְאָה

### Glosses

curd\[s\] (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2529/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. curd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2529/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. curd;—ח׳ Gn 18:8 + 6 times; = חֵמָה Jb 29:6; cstr. חֶמְאַח Dt 32:14; curd, curdled milk, mod. leben on mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, v. DoughtyArabic Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc. Thomson Land and Book ii. 418. See also ARSKEncy. Bib. Milk. מִיץ חָלָב יוֹצִיא ח׳ Pr 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Gn 18:8 (J) Dt 32:14 (poem; חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן), Ju 5:25 (where served בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים, v. ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2 S 17:29 Is 7:15, 22(×2); cf. נַחֲלֵי דבשׁ וח׳ fig. of abundance Jb 20:17; בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָ֑ה Jb 29:6 (‖ צוּר יָצוּק פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃). מַחֲמָאֹת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶמְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2529/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.25/)

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מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* water he.asked milk she.gave in a.bowl of.nobles she.brought.near curd\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

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[Job 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.17/)

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אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* not may.he.look on streams rivers of.torrents of.honey and curd\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.

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