STRONGS H2543:
Abbreviations
† I. חֲמוֺר noun [
masculine]
heap, absolute
ח׳ with dual
חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (Baer
חְִמֹרֹת׳), as if from
חֲמֹרָה; —
בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֺר חֲמוֺר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם H2565 Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.
† II. חֲמוֺר noun masculineGenesis 45:23 (he)-ass (Late Hebrew
id. (sometimes female, but this regularly
חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic
הֲמָרָא,
axrxmo Arabic
حِمَارً, Palmyrene
חמרא Reckend
ZMG 1888, 404; as
imêru, Schr
Cot Gloss; — name from
reddish colour) — absolute
חֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 +
43 times;
חֲמֹר Exodus 13:13;
Deuteronomy 22:10; construct
חֲמוֺר Exodus 23:5 +
4 times;
הֲמֹר Genesis 49:14; suffix
חֲמֹרְךָ Deuteronomy 5:14;
Deuteronomy 28:31;
חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:12;
חֲמֹרוֺ Genesis 22:3 +
8 times; plural
חֲמוֺרִים Judges 19:10 +
9 times;
חֲמֹרִים Genesis 12:16 +
16 times; suffix
חֲמוֺרֵינוּ Judges 19:19;
חֲמֹרֵינוּ Genesis 43:18;
חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:16;
חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Genesis 34:28 +
4 times;
חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם Joshua 9:4; —
ass (he-ass;
אתון=
she-ass) found in all periods (collective only
Genesis 32:26 [
Genesis 32:25;
Isaiah 21:7); —
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48; Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) Exodus 20:17 (E), Exodus 21:33; Exodus 22:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:9; Exodus 23:4, 5, 12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13=Exodus 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to י׳); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28, 30, 34, 39, 45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14, 18; Deuteronomy 22:3, 4; Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67=Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 (J; || שׁוֺר), צאֹן, עֶבֶד, שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar ||) Genesis 34:28 (P), Genesis 47:17 (J); compare also יְתוֺמִים ח׳ Job 24:3 the orphans' ass (|| שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 (|| שׁוֺר); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7, 10 (both || סוּסִים); as harnessed מֶתֶג לַה׳ Proverbs 26:3 (|| סוּס).
2. used for riding :
a. by women Exodus 4:20 (J), Joshua 15:18 (JE)=Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 25:20, 23, 42, compare 2 Chronicles 28:15.
b. by men 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 19:27; 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 13:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:23, 24, 27, 28 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:7; Zechariah 9:9.
c. צֶמֶד חמורים a pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3, 10, 19, 21; carrying dead body Judges 19:28, compare ח׳ 1 Kings 13:29.
3. beast of burden Genesis 22:3, 5 (compare Genesis 22:6), Genesis 42:26, 27; Genesis 45:23 (all E) Genesis 43:18, 24; Genesis 44:3, 13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15 (compare also צֶמֶד ח׳ 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar נָּ֑רֶם ח׳ Genesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones. — לֶחֶם ח׳ 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.
4. used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר) Deuteronomy 22:10.
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are: לְחִי ח׳ Judges 15:15, 16 jawbone, Samson's weapon; ראֹשׁ ח׳ 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; בְּשַׂר ה׳ Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)
6. קְבוּרַת ה׳ Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
12:16; 12:16; 22:3; 22:3; 22:5; 22:5; 22:6; 24:35; 32:4; 32:25; 34:28; 34:28; 36:24; 42:26; 42:27; 43:18; 43:18; 43:24; 44:3; 44:13; 45:23; 45:23; 47:17; 47:17; 49:14; 49:14
Exodus
4:20; 9:3; 13:13; 13:13; 20:17; 21:33; 22:8; 22:9; 23:4; 23:5; 23:5; 23:12; 23:12; 34:20
Numbers
16:15; 31:28; 31:30; 31:34; 31:39; 31:45
Deuteronomy
5:14; 5:14; 5:18; 22:3; 22:4; 22:10; 22:10; 28:31
Joshua
6:21; 7:24; 9:4; 9:4; 15:18
Judges
1:14; 6:4; 15:15; 15:16; 15:16; 19:3; 19:10; 19:10; 19:19; 19:19; 19:21; 19:28
1 Samuel
8:16; 8:16; 12:3; 15:3; 16:20; 22:19; 25:18; 25:20; 25:23; 25:42; 27:9
2 Samuel
16:1; 16:1; 16:2; 17:23; 19:27
1 Kings
2:40; 13:13; 13:23; 13:24; 13:27; 13:28; 13:29
2 Kings
6:25; 7:7; 7:10
1 Chronicles
5:21
2 Chronicles
28:15
Ezra
2:67
Nehemiah
7:68; 13:15
Job
24:3
Proverbs
26:3
Isaiah
1:3; 21:7; 21:7; 32:20
Jeremiah
22:19
Ezekiel
23:20
Zechariah
9:9; 14:15