Genesis 21:14
וַ יַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּ בֹּקֶר וַ יִּקַּח לֶחֶם וְ חֵמַת מַיִם וַ יִּתֵּן אֶל הָגָר שָׂם עַל שִׁכְמָהּ וְ אֶת הַ יֶּלֶד וַ יְשַׁלְּחֶהָ וַ תֵּלֶךְ וַ תֵּתַע בְּ מִדְבַּר בְּאֵר שָׁבַע
And Father-of-Tumult is shouldering-up in the dawn, and is taking a bread, and a container727 of dual-waters, and he is giving toward Hagar, putting upon her shoulder, and אֶת-the Born-one,728 and is sending her forth, and she is walking and she is wandering in the wilderness of Well of Seven.729
| 727 | Strong’s #2573, chemeth. From the word chomah (#2346) a wall. Rather than construct the word from skin and so create dual-waterskin, we find the word constructed from wall. Hence, container, or bottle. Recall the note on word-family Ham (Cham) to which this word belongs See note on Genesis 10:1. It is placed, like a burden, on Hagar’s shoulder. |