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
| 434 | Strong’s #2563, chomer. A homer. A general word signifying a measure, heap mainly of clay; symbolic of other things, i.e. bodies of men (jars of clay 2 Cor. 4:7, Rom. 9:21, Rev. 2:27), “And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap [chomer] of two heaps [chomer-atayim], with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. From chamar; properly, a bubbling up, foaming, boiling. |