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Genesis 11:3

וַ יֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְ נִשְׂרְפָה לִ שְׂרֵפָה וַ תְּהִי לָהֶם הַ לְּבֵנָה לְ אָבֶן וְ הַ חֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַ חֹמֶר
And they are saying, a man to his friend,427 `Pay,428 we are becoming-whitened429 white-ones,430 and we are setting-on-fire431 for a fiery-one432 And the White-one is becoming to-themselves for a stone. And the Foaming-tar433 he has become to-themselves for the Foaming-clay.434
433

Strong’s #2564, chemar. Fermenting/foaming-one Bitumen, tar, asphalt. Formed from the same stem as chomer (clay, bubbling-one), to bubble up, boil (#2560). Derivative of chamar, to ferment/foam, and chamor (male donkey) foaming-one.