H2203

זֶ֫פֶת

ze.phetH:N-F

pitch

pitch, tar, asphalt

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

זֶ֫פֶת noun feminineIsa 34:9 pitch (compare on formative Ol§ 164 c) Sta§ 187 a. Word is Armenian according to LagArm. Stud. 1351, BN 219; on Egyptian derivatives compare CookSpeaker's Comm. i. 484; Arabic according to Frä151, if Shemitic, is Aramaic loan-word; see also Ethiopic Di1068) — pitch: — וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת Exod 2:3 of ark of bulrushes; Isa 34:9 a וְנֶחֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית, vIsa 34:9 b והיתה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃.


2 occurrences

Exodus (1), Isaiah (1)