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title: חֵמֶת — waterskin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵמֶת (2573), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: waterskin. BDB 1906: waterskin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵמֶת

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«חֵמֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **waterskin** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2573 · **BDB:** חֵ֫מֶת

### Glosses

skin (2); a.skin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

waterskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2573/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

waterskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2573/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] waterskin (NH id.) —הַחֶ֑מֶת Gn 21:15; הַחֵ֫מֶת Gn 21:19; וְחֵ֨מַת מַ֜יִם Gn 21:14 (v. Di), \[Hb 2:15 חֲמָתְךָ v. חֵמָה\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵמֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2573/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.15/)

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וַיִּכְל֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם מִן־הַחֵ֑מֶת וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד תַּ֖חַת אַחַ֥ד הַשִּׂיחִֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.finished the water(s) from the skin and she.threw (et) the boy under one of the.bushes

*JPS 1917:* And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

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[Genesis 21:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.19/)

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וַיִּפְקַ֤ח אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־עֵינֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֖רֶא בְּאֵ֣ר מָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א אֶת־הַחֵ֙מֶת֙ מַ֔יִם וַתַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־הַנָּֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* and he.opened God (et) eyes her and she.saw a.well of.water and she.went and she.filled (et) the skin water and she.gave.a.drink.to (et) the lad

*JPS 1917:* And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

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