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title: חָמַר — ferment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָמַר (2560), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ferment. BDB 1906: vb. ferment, boil foam up Peʿalʿal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָמַר

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«חָמַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ferment** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2560 · **BDB:** חָמַר

### Glosses

they.are.in.turmoil (2); it.is.foaming (1); they.will.foam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ferment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2560/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. ferment, boil foam up Peʿalʿal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2560/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. ferment, boil or foam up (Arabic خَمَرَ ferment, leaven, خُمْرَةٌ, خَمِيرَةٌ, n. leaven; v. LagBN 207);— Pf. 3 ms. וְיַיִן ח׳ ψ 75:9 and wine which foams, (others from IV. חמר be red); 3 pl. חָֽמְרוּ is suggested by We as poss. Hb 3:15 (for MT חֹמֶר q.v.) the great waters foamed; Impf. 3 mpl. יֶהֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו ψ 46:4 let its water roar and foam. Peʿalʿal Pf. pass. 3 pl. מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָ֑רוּ La 1:20 my bowels are in a ferment (‖ נֶהְפַּךְ לִבִּי), of distress at calamities of Jerus.; so חֳמַרְמְרוּ מֵעַי La 2:11.—Jb 16:16 v. IV. חמר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «חָמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2560/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 46:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.4/)

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יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־הָרִ֖ים בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* they.will.roar they.will.foam waters its they.will.shake mountains at swelling its Selah

*JPS 1917:* Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof.

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[Psalms 75:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.9/)

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כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־יְהוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר ׀ מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֪ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ יִמְצ֣וּ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.cup \[is\].in the.hand of.Yahweh and wine it.is.foaming full spiced.drink and he.has.poured.out some of.this surely dregs its they.will.drain they.will.drink all \[the\].wicked.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

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