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title: חֶמֶר — wine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶמֶר (2561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wine. BDB 1906: wine. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶמֶר

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«חֶמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wine** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2561 · **BDB:** חֶ֫מֶר

### Glosses

wine (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] wine (poet.) (Aramaic ܚܰܡܪܳܐ, חַמְרָא; Arabic خَمْرٌ, v. LagBN 207)—וְדַם־עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָ֑מֶר Dt 32:14; כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר Is 27:2, but read here כֶּרֶם חֶמֶד (v. הֶמֶד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.14/)

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חֶמְאַ֨ת בָּקָ֜ר וַחֲלֵ֣ב צֹ֗אן עִם־חֵ֨לֶב כָּרִ֜ים וְאֵילִ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בָשָׁן֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים עִם־חֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת חִטָּ֑ה וְדַם־עֵנָ֖ב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* curd\[s\] of.\[the\].herd and milk of.\[the\].flock with fat of.lambs and rams the.sons of.Bashan and goats with \[the\].fat of.\[the\].kidneys of.wheat and blood of.grape\[s\] you.drank wine

*JPS 1917:* Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.

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