חַלָּמִישׁ

חַלָּמִישׁ noun masculine flint; — חַלָּמִישׁ Deut 8:15 + 3 t.; construct חַלְמִישׁ Deut 32:13 — flint ׳צוּר הַח rock of flint = flinty rock, whence water flowed for Israel in desert Deut 8:15, and (no צור) Ps 114:8 worked by miners Job 28:9 hyperb. oil out of צוּר ׳ח Deut 32:13 flint of rock = rocky flint (poetry); — in simile of firmness עַלכֵּֿן שַׂמְתִּי פָּנַי כַּחַלָּמִישׁ Isa 50:7.

חֵלֹן, חֹלוֺן see below I. and II. חוֺל.