Lexicon :: Strong's H2495 - ḥallāmûṯ

חַלָּמוּת
Transliteration
ḥallāmûṯ
Pronunciation
khal-law-mooth'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָלַם (H2492) (in the sense of insipidity)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 664

Strong’s Definitions

חַלָּמוּת challâmûwth, khal-law-mooth'; from H2492 (in the sense of insipidity); probably purslain:—egg.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H2495 in the following manner: egg (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H2495 in the following manner: egg (1x).

  1. purslane, a tasteless plant with thick slimy juice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַלָּמוּת challâmûwth, khal-law-mooth'; from H2492 (in the sense of insipidity); probably purslain:—egg.
STRONGS H2495: Abbreviations
חַלָּמוּת noun feminine name of a plant, with thick, slimy juice, purslain, Job 6:6 RVm, so Thes Rob Ges and others; , anchusa PSi, 1284; on this, and later interpretations see Bö Di Löwpp. 165, 361; only אִםיֶֿשׁטַֿעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמוּת Job 6:6 is there any taste in the juice of ח׳ (figurative of insipid and dull discourse); > AV RV Ew Hi SS after Saad Rabb in the white of an egg **the reference is to Job's sufferings (from which as little joy comes as from eating unsavoury food, so now comm. generally), rather than to the unpalatable words of his friends. It is doubtful whether Dillmann's reason for preferring purslain to חֶלְמוֺנָא yolk of egg (רִיר ח׳ slime of yolk, i.e. the white of the egg) is convincing, namely, that ancient Hebrews did not keep hens, or that of Delitzsch, namely that white of egg is not slime, and is not unpalatable; meaning yolk preferred also by Da Bu Du.
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Job

6:6; 6:6